Wheat ' S End Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 3, 2021
• address2873-2875 N Broadway, Chicago 60657

Is Wheat ' S End Cafe clean?

Wheat ' S End Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 3, 2021. 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 Wheat ' S End Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 3, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • : 4-501.113-- INTERIOR OF THE ICE BINS ICE MACHINE NON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12---ALL BULK SPICES NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14---- WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • : 4-204.12--- INTERIOR LID OF THE COOKS LINE TWO DOOR COOLER IN POOR REPAIR WITH EXPOSED INSULATION. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR. ---- 4-101.11(B, C, D, E)--- MUST NOT USE PLASTIC AND TAPE AS A SPLASH GUARD ON THE COOKS LINE FOOD CART. SHIELDS MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13--- MUST NOT USE CLOTH TOWELS AS LINERS FOR GREASE TRAPS IN THE DISH AREA. MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.16--- MUST PROVIDE A WASTE RECEPTACLE AT THE DISH AREA HAND WASHING SINK.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.16--- MUST PROVIDE A WASTE RECEPTACLE AT THE DISH AREA HAND WASHING SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11--- FLOOR UNDER THE FRONT PREP ONE COMPARTMENT PREP SINK DIRTY. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----MUST NOT USE DUCT TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR FOR THE CEILING LIGHTING AT THE DISH AREA.

When was Wheat ' S End Cafe last inspected?

Wheat ' S End Cafe has 14 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Wheat ' S End Cafe vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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  clean · August 16, 2012
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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 December 3, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.