Webster Street Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 29, 2011
• address1119-1121 W Webster Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Webster Street Cafe clean?

Webster Street Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 29, 2011. 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 Webster Street Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. ALL BULK FOODS MUST BE LABELED. ALL PREPARED FOODS IN ALL COOLERS MUST BE LABELED AND DATED.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. ALL BULK FOODS MUST BE LABELED. ALL PREPARED FOODS IN ALL COOLERS MUST BE LABELED AND DATED.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. EXCESSIVE RUST IN BAR FOUR COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REMOVE. MISSING DOOR HANDLE ON KITCHEN TALL REACH-IN COOLER AND TORN RUBBER GASKET ON SAME COOLER DOOR. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE BOTH.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. EXCESSIVE RUST IN BAR FOUR COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REMOVE. MISSING DOOR HANDLE ON KITCHEN TALL REACH-IN COOLER AND TORN RUBBER GASKET ON SAME COOLER DOOR. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE BOTH.
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  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. FOOD SLICER IN BASEMENT PREP DIRTY WITH FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFTER EACH USE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MISSING/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES AROUND DRAIN IN WALK-IN COOLER, MUST REPLACE. MUST NOT USE RAW WOOD OR CARDBOARD ON WALK-IN COOLER FLOOR TO PROP SHELVING. GREASE ON FLOOR ON COOKS LINE. DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN REAR DRY STORAGE/LIQUOR STORAGE. MUST CLEAN ALL.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MISSING/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES AROUND DRAIN IN WALK-IN COOLER, MUST REPLACE. MUST NOT USE RAW WOOD OR CARDBOARD ON WALK-IN COOLER FLOOR TO PROP SHELVING. GREASE ON FLOOR ON COOKS LINE. DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN REAR DRY STORAGE/LIQUOR STORAGE. MUST CLEAN ALL.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. FOOD PLATTER ON WALL ABOVE KITCHEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND DOOR NEXT TO COOKS LINE. MUST CLEAN. WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN LADIES WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE. DAMAGED WALL BASEBOARD UNDER AND ALONG WALL AT BASEMENT EXPOSED HAND SINK. MUST REPAIR AND REPLACE COVING. WALL AT BASEMENT PREP TABLE WITH CHIPPING PLASTER. MUST REPAIR AND MAKE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. FOOD PLATTER ON WALL ABOVE KITCHEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND DOOR NEXT TO COOKS LINE. MUST CLEAN. WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN LADIES WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE. DAMAGED WALL BASEBOARD UNDER AND ALONG WALL AT BASEMENT EXPOSED HAND SINK. MUST REPAIR AND REPLACE COVING. WALL AT BASEMENT PREP TABLE WITH CHIPPING PLASTER. MUST REPAIR AND MAKE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. BASEMENT EXPOSED HAND SINK NOT SECURED TO WALL. MUST SECURE
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL.
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  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors. UNUSED STOVE IN KITCHEN, EQUIPMENT ON REAR PATIO MUST BE REMOVED. ALL STORED ITEMS IN ALL STORAGE AREAS INCLUDING REAR BAR MUST BE ELEVATED, ORGANIZED AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS REMOVED.

When was Webster Street Cafe last inspected?

Webster Street Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to July 16, 2010.

Webster Street Cafe vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, 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 August 29, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.