Cafe 41

Year by year

Inspections

1. Dec 24, 2025 Canvass Re-Inspection · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
   • Severity not stated

     ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED

     2-102.13: AT TIME OF INSPECTION NO ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED FOR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATES

2. Dec 23, 2025 Canvass · Pass w/ Conditions — Risk 1 (High)
   • Not serious Priority Foundation Corrected on site

     ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE

     OBSERVED EYE WASH STATION ATTACHED TO FAUCET OF HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE EYE WASH STATION FAUCET ATTACHEMENT FROM HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP/DISHWASHING AREA HANDWASHING SINKS MAY NOT BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN HANDWASHING. CORRECTED ON SITE EYE WASH STATION ATTACHED TO FAUCET OF HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP/DISHWASHING AREA REMOVED BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(c) NO CITATION ISSUED.

   • Serious Priority Corrected on site

     FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED

     AT TIME OF INSPECTION THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. CORRECTED ON SITE 'HELD FOR INSPECTION' TAG PLACED ON HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED ONCE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND IS SANITIZING PROPERLY AT A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 180F E-MAIL FOOD@CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG TO REQUEST TAG REMOVAL PRIOR TO USING UNIT.( NOTE: HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE NOT IN USE AT TIME OF INSPECTION.) PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 NO CITATION ISSUED

   • Serious Priority Corrected on site

     PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES

     OBSERVED COLD TCS FOOD, HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 59.2F. OBSERVED COLD TCS FOOD SALAD, CONTAINING SLICED TOMATOES AND CHOPPED ROMAINE, HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED ALL COLD TCS FOOD MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW. CORRECTED ON SITE MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED FOOD VALUED AT $5 WEIGHING 1LBS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED

   • Severity not stated

     ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED

     AT TIME OF INSPECTION NO ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED FOR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATES

3. Jul 15, 2024 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)

   Result: Pass.

4. Nov 3, 2023 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)

   Result: Pass.

5. Nov 1, 2022 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)

   Result: Pass.

6. Sep 17, 2019 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
   • Severity not stated

     ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE

     OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS ON THE 41ST FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

   • Severity not stated

     UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED

     OBSERVED PLATES AND BOWLS IN THE STORAGE ROOM NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INVERT PLATES AND BOWLS AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.

   • Severity not stated

     TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED

     OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR SANITARY NAPKINS IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE STALL. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.

7. Feb 23, 2018 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)

   Result: Pass.

8. Jun 12, 2017 Canvass Re-Inspection · Pass — Risk 1 (High)

   Result: Pass.

9. Jun 2, 2017 Canvass · Fail — Risk 1 (High)
   • Not serious Serious (Chicago's middle tier)

     NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS

     OBSERVED 20 SMALL FLIES LOCATED ON THE CEILINGS THRU OUT THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.

   • Not serious Minor

     FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS

     OBSERVED ICE MACHINE SLOT AND SODA NOZZLES WITH MINOR DEBRIS LOCATED IN THE CAFETERIA SERVING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

10. Aug 8, 2016 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Not serious Minor

      FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED

      Cutting boards that had deep cutting boards that had deep cuts, shall be replaced.

11. Jun 24, 2015 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Not serious Minor

      FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED

      PROPERLY LABEL ALL BULK FOOD ITEM CONTAINERS IN THE DRY GOODS STORAGE CLOSET.

12. May 27, 2014 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Not serious Minor

      FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED

      FOUND CRACKED ICE SCOOP, INSTRUCTED TO USE SOUND UTENSILS.

    • Not serious Minor

      VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED

      WEAK WATER PRESSURE AT DISH MACHINE AREA HAND SINK, INSTRUCTE TO PROVIDE UNDER CITY PRESSURE.

13. Oct 11, 2013 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Not serious Minor

      VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED

      NO HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER PROVIDED TO THE TOP LOADING YOGURT AND SMOOTHIE MACHINES. MUST PROVIDE.

14. Sep 21, 2012 Canvass · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Not serious Minor

      CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES

      CLEAN ICE BINS STORED ON THE FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO STORE OFF FLOOR ON A CLEAN SURFACE.

    • Not serious Minor

      FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED

      PREP COOLER DOOR NOT CLOSING TIGHTLY, INSTRUCTED MGR TO REPAIR.

    • Not serious Minor

      REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS

      MISSING THERMOMETER AT DISPLAY COOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND IN THE WARMEST PART OF COOLER.

15. Jan 13, 2012 License · Pass — Risk 1 (High)
    • Not serious Minor

      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. MISSING THERMOMETER AT THE GRAB AND GO COOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE