Chef Sara's Cafe

7201 S Exchange Ave, Chicago, IL 60649

Passed · Feb 27, 2025 Directions
94
Excellent BiteKarma score 94 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 7 of 7 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Feb 27, 2025: passed with 2 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 6 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 7 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Feb 27

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Feb 9

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
  5. 2023
  6. Passed Oct 13

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  7. 2022
  8. Passed Jun 9

    Canvass

    1 violation
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean

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BiteKarma scores around Chef Sara's Cafe, 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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