Dark Matter Coffee

2901 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Passed re-check · Aug 19, 2025 Directions
83
Good BiteKarma score 83 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 3 of 4 graded inspections since 2022.
  • Last inspected Aug 19, 2025: passed with 4 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Aug 11, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display, cited 3 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 4 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Aug 19

    Complaint Re-Inspection

    4 violations
    • Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used
    • Sewage and wastewater properly disposed
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
  3. Failed Aug 11

    Complaint

    5 violations
    • Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Sewage and wastewater properly disposed
    • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
    • Food properly labeled; original container
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Dec 6

    Canvass

    1 violation
    • All food employees have food handler training
  6. 2022
  7. Passed May 9

    Canvass

    5 violations
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used

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