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The Perfect Cup
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 10, 2025
- address4700 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60625
Is The Perfect Cup clean?
The Perfect Cup is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Perfect Cup?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalProper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • NOTED AN EMPLOYEES OPEN COFFEE CUP IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE A CLOSED CONTAINER FOR BEVERAGES.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST NOT STORE DRY FOODS/BEVERAGES DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER LINES IN THE BASEMENT.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST NOT STORE DRY FOODS/BEVERAGES DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER LINES IN THE BASEMENT.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT MUST BE ORGANIZED AND ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT MUST BE ORGANIZED AND ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS IN THE BASEMENT.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NOTED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE FOR EMPLOYEE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE CURRENT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NOTED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE FOR EMPLOYEE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE CURRENT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES.
When was The Perfect Cup last inspected?
The Perfect Cup has 11 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 18, 2015 | Fail | |
| September 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2013 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2011 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2010 | Pass |
The Perfect Cup vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 41% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.