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Vapiano
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 23, 2019
- address44 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60603
Is Vapiano clean?
Vapiano is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 23, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Vapiano?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7.38.010.NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.11(B-E) FOUND A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE IN INTERIOR LID OF ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Vapiano last inspected?
Vapiano has 21 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| October 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 15, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 30, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 21, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 29, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 12, 2016 | Pass |
Vapiano vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.