Cozy Noodles & Rice

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 9, 2025
• address3456 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Cozy Noodles & Rice clean?

Cozy Noodles & Rice is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cozy Noodles & Rice?

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

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES IN REAR KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS STORED IN DRY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS ON BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS SO THAT HANDLES ARE NOT STORED IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS IN CONTAINERS.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS STORED IN DRY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS ON BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS SO THAT HANDLES ARE NOT STORED IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS IN CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER LOCATED ON THE BASEMENT.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER LOCATED ON THE BASEMENT.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AS A FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE CHEST FREEZERS LOCATED ON BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST USE WASHABLES CONTAINERS OR FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER LOCATED IN THE BASMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT#2593628 ON 04/29/2024. #16. OBSERVED SLIGHT PINK BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE UPPER PORTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT#2593628 ON 04/29/2024. #16. OBSERVED SLIGHT PINK BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE UPPER PORTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.

When was Cozy Noodles & Rice last inspected?

Cozy Noodles & Rice has 18 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cozy Noodles & Rice vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 56% 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 May 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.