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The Vault Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2019
- address135 S La Salle St, Chicago 60603
Is The Vault Cafe clean?
The Vault Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 22, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at The Vault Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND THE FOLLOWING SINKS LEAKING FROM DRAIN PIPE: 2 COMPARTMENT SINK LOCATED IN SALAD PREP AND HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN SALAD PREP MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was The Vault Cafe last inspected?
The Vault Cafe has 11 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 6, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| October 11, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| October 22, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 24, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 17, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2015 | Fail |
The Vault Cafe vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.