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Ben's Noodles & Rice
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2026
- address1139 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago 60660
Is Ben's Noodles & Rice clean?
Ben's Noodles & Rice is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2026. 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 Ben's Noodles & Rice?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES ON THE PREMISES TO RESPOND TO A VOMIT OR DIARRHEAL EVENT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED DEAD COCKROACHES ON THE WALL OF THE DISHWASHING ROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE AFFECTED AREAS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE ENCRUSTED GREASE BUILDUP ON THE PREP TABLES, ROLLING CART, GREASE TRAPS, DEEP FRYER, AND WOK STATION.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE GREASE BUILDUP ON THE WALL BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE CORNER OF THE FOOD PREP AREA. CLEAN THE GREASE BUILDUP ON THE BASEBOARD AND FLOOR ALONG THE WALLS AND BENEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. CLEAN THE GREASE AND FOOD BUILDUP UNDER THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND AROUND THE GREASE TRAP IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. CLEAN DUST FROM THE CEILING AND CEILING TILES IN THE FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREA. CLEAN THE FLOOR AND WALLS OF THE MOP CLOSET.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES WERE PROVIDED FOR THE FOOD HANDLERS WORKING IN THE KITCHEN. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES WERE PROVIDED FOR THE FOOD HANDLERS WORKING IN THE KITCHEN. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES.
When was Ben's Noodles & Rice last inspected?
Ben's Noodles & Rice has 15 inspections on record going back to December 13, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 30, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 3, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Ben's Noodles & Rice vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 March 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.