Cevicheria Y Restaurant Rio Balsas

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 9, 2025
• address1161 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60651

Is Cevicheria Y Restaurant Rio Balsas clean?

Cevicheria Y Restaurant Rio Balsas is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cevicheria Y Restaurant Rio Balsas?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13: OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING OF SHRIMP. FOUND THAWING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAWING METHODS SUCH AS LEAVING FOOD ITEM IN REFRIGERATOR OVER NIGHT.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13: OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING OF SHRIMP. FOUND THAWING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAWING METHODS SUCH AS LEAVING FOOD ITEM IN REFRIGERATOR OVER NIGHT.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14: OBSERVED HANDWASHING SIGN MISSING IN THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15: OBSERVED THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR NEED TO BE RODENT PROOF AT THE BOTTOM. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-904.11: OBSERVED SERVING/COOKING SPPONS IN THE REAR SDISHWASHING/ PREP AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-904.11: OBSERVED SERVING/COOKING SPPONS IN THE REAR SDISHWASHING/ PREP AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12: OBSERVED PLASTIC BAGS BEING USED AS SINK STOPPERS FOR THE WAREWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THREE ADEQUATE SINK STOPPERS AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12: OBSERVED PLASTIC BAGS BEING USED AS SINK STOPPERS FOR THE WAREWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THREE ADEQUATE SINK STOPPERS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17: OBSERVED NO LID ON THE RECEPTACLE IN THE ALL-GENDER TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17: OBSERVED NO LID ON THE RECEPTACLE IN THE ALL-GENDER TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.13: OBSERVED FLOORS IN REAR DRY STORAGE CLOSET AND UNDER THE PREP TABLES AND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FRONT IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11: OBSERVED TWO LIGHTS NOT WORKING IN THE REAR DISHWASHING/ PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/ REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11: OBSERVED TWO LIGHTS NOT WORKING IN THE REAR DISHWASHING/ PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/ REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Cevicheria Y Restaurant Rio Balsas last inspected?

Cevicheria Y Restaurant Rio Balsas has 14 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2023. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cevicheria Y Restaurant Rio Balsas vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 July 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.