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 no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on June 13, 2017, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on April 14, 2016. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

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
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

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.

Bar Rista Cafe vs North Center

North Center runs 83% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 407 clean, 73 mid, 8 cooked.

Other spots in North Center

• ✓ Troquet
  clean · January 4, 2010
• ✓ Sally's Lounge
  cooked · March 9, 2010
• ✓ Fountain Head
  cooked · July 29, 2020
• ✓ Fountain Head
  clean · March 24, 2010
• ✓ Rocks Northcenter
  cooked · October 29, 2024
• ✓ Nohea Cafe
  cooked · September 11, 2012

See every restaurant inspection in North Center →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.