Whisper's Coffee

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 18, 2011
• address520 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Whisper's Coffee clean?

Whisper's Coffee is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 18, 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 Whisper's Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO ONE ON PREMISES WITH A CURRENT CITY CERTIFICATE. MUST HAVE A CITY CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AT ALL TIMES P.H.F. ARE HANDLED, PREPARED , SERVED. (GELATO, MILK, CAKES, PASRIES). A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served.
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • MUST POST LATEST SUMMARY REPORT VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. (LAST CANVASS VISIT ON APRIL 2010). One copy of the Food Inspection Report Summary must be displayed and visible to all customers.
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • MUST POST LATEST SUMMARY REPORT VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. (LAST CANVASS VISIT ON APRIL 2010). One copy of the Food Inspection Report Summary must be displayed and visible to all customers.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD TO THE RIGHT OF FRONT HANDSINK. MUST SEAL/CAULK AROUND BASES OF SINKS AT FRONT PREP AREA TO PREVENT WATER SEEPAGE ON TO BOTTOM CABINET. All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD TO THE RIGHT OF FRONT HANDSINK. MUST SEAL/CAULK AROUND BASES OF SINKS AT FRONT PREP AREA TO PREVENT WATER SEEPAGE ON TO BOTTOM CABINET. All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DRAINS OF 3-COMP SINK MUST BE KEPT CLEAN. All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST FIX LEAK UNDER FRONT HANDSINK & WATER SEEPING AROUND DUMP SINK AT FRONT PREP AREA. 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.

When was Whisper's Coffee last inspected?

Whisper's Coffee has 3 inspections on record going back to April 7, 2010.

Whisper's Coffee vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 February 18, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.