Harding Cafe

4347 N Harding Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Passed · Sep 22, 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 6 of 6 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Sep 22, 2025: passed with 3 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display, cited 4 times, plus 10 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Sep 22

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
  3. 2024
  4. Perfect Nov 15

    Canvass

    No violations

  5. 2023
  6. Passed Sep 13

    Canvass

    4 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
  7. 2022
  8. Passed Aug 22

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • In-use utensils: properly stored

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