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Avec River North
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 4, 2024
- address141 W Erie St, Chicago 60654
Is Avec River North clean?
Avec River North is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 4, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Avec River North?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • OBSERVED MULTIPLE SHELLSTOCK TAGS FROM JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2024 WITH NO DATE WHEN LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED. INSTRUCTED THE DATE WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED SHALL BE RECORDED ON THE TAG OR LABEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.criticalRequired Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • OBSERVED MULTIPLE SHELLSTOCK TAGS FROM JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2024 WITH NO DATE WHEN LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED. INSTRUCTED THE DATE WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED SHALL BE RECORDED ON THE TAG OR LABEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED EXPOSED PRESET KNIFE AND FORK ON TABLES IN DINING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL PRESET TABLEWARE SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION BY BEING WRAPPED, COVERED OR INVERTED.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED EXPOSED PRESET KNIFE AND FORK ON TABLES IN DINING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL PRESET TABLEWARE SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION BY BEING WRAPPED, COVERED OR INVERTED.
When was Avec River North last inspected?
Avec River North has 11 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 4, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| March 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 9, 2022 | — | |
| January 9, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2018 | Fail |
Avec River North vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.