Western Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 28, 2025
• address5710 N Western Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Western Cafe clean?

Western Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 28, 2025. 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 Western Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE WITH ALL NECESSARY ITEMS AS OUTLINED IN POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • SOME COOLERS ARE MISSING THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE WORKING THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE LOCATED AT MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AND MAKE VISIBLE A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT MOP SINK. • 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MISSING STOPPERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WORKING STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE IN WOMENS WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE IN WOMENS WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Western Cafe last inspected?

Western Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to July 21, 2025.

Western Cafe 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 31% 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 July 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.