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Windy City Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 8, 2025
- address1060-1062 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60642
Is Windy City Cafe clean?
Windy City Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Windy City Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Brooms and dust pans stored next to clean utensils shelves, instructed to keep away to prevent contamination.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Brooms and dust pans stored next to clean utensils shelves, instructed to keep away to prevent contamination.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • No sanitizer solution test strips on site for low temp dish washing machine, instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • No sanitizer solution test strips on site for low temp dish washing machine, instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Meat slicer not clean behind blade, food debris noted. Instructed to clean and maintain.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inadequate lighting in walk-in cooler. Instructed to increase light intensity. • Non-functioning mechanical vent in women's restroom. Instructed to repair and maintain.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inadequate lighting in walk-in cooler. Instructed to increase light intensity. • Non-functioning mechanical vent in women's restroom. Instructed to repair and maintain.
When was Windy City Cafe last inspected?
Windy City Cafe has 25 inspections on record going back to September 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| May 8, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 6, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| April 15, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2019 | Fail |
Windy City Cafe vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 May 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.