Cafe 53

1369 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615

Passed · Apr 29, 2025 Directions
87
Good BiteKarma score 87 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 4 of 5 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Apr 29, 2025: passed with 3 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 5 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Apr 29

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Dec 10

    Canvass

    4 violations
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  5. Passed Mar 27

    Complaint

    6 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Allergen training as required
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  6. 2020
  7. Passed Aug 7

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    8 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used

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BiteKarma scores around Cafe 53, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

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