City Rock

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2020
• address100 W Randolph St, Chicago 60601

Is City Rock clean?

City Rock is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 3, 2020. 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 City Rock?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REMOVE PERSONAL ITEMS FROM UNDER FOOD PREP TABLES IN FRONT PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO STORE PERSONAL ITEMS IN REAR STORAGE AREA, AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST AND GREASE ACCUMULATION FROM HOOD FILTERS, ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST AND GREASE ACCUMULATION FROM HOOD FILTERS, ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • SEE VIOLATION #60.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED NO FOOD MANAGER ONSITE WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED NO FOOD MANAGER ONSITE WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • MUST DETAIL CLEAN RUST ACCUMULATION OFF THE TOP OF THE GREASE TRAP, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • MUST DETAIL CLEAN RUST ACCUMULATION OFF THE TOP OF THE GREASE TRAP, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST POST HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO POST AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH COMMON FOOD NAMES; FLOUR, SUGAR, ETC., WHEN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM STORAGE RACKS IN WALK IN COOLER, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST REPAIR LEAKY FAUCET BASE ON 3-COMP SINK AND ON 1-COMP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was City Rock last inspected?

City Rock has 5 inspections on record going back to January 23, 2018.

City Rock vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 January 3, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.