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Bar Rista Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 14, 2016
- address1834 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60613
Is Bar Rista Cafe clean?
Bar Rista Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 14, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Bar Rista Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off* Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE NOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE POSTED WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS SALADS SANDWICHES, CARIBBEAN CHICKEN BREAST, TILAPIA PROVENCAL ETC. INSTRUCTED ABOVE TO OPERATE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA.
- ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST PROPERLY STORE, INVERT ALL CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS, DISHES AT FRONT PREP AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATIONClean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST PROPERLY STORE, INVERT ALL CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS, DISHES AT FRONT PREP AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE TINT FOIL AS A LINER FOR SHELVING AT THE COOKS LINE.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE TINT FOIL AS A LINER FOR SHELVING AT THE COOKS LINE.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST BUIL-UP ON VENTILATION COVER INSIDE CUSTOMERS WASHROOMS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST BUIL-UP ON VENTILATION COVER INSIDE CUSTOMERS WASHROOMS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAN.
When was Bar Rista Cafe last inspected?
Bar Rista Cafe has 17 inspections on record going back to January 4, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| April 14, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 1, 2016 | Fail | |
| July 28, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| March 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2014 | Fail | |
| July 12, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 2, 2013 | Fail | |
| September 6, 2012 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2012 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 22, 2011 | Fail |
Bar Rista Cafe vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 14, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.