J. Rocco Italian Table & Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 16, 2014
• address749 N Clark St, Chicago 60654

Is J. Rocco Italian Table & Bar clean?

J. Rocco Italian Table & Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 16, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at J. Rocco Italian Table & Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 16, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE COOLERS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAMES, PREPARED BY DATE AND/OR USE BY DATE INCLUDING BULK FOODS AT THE BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE COOLERS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAMES, PREPARED BY DATE AND/OR USE BY DATE INCLUDING BULK FOODS AT THE BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NOTED MULTI USE UTENSILS (PLATES,CUPS, BOWLS ETC) ON SHELVES NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL UTENSILS DURING STORAGE OR PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE COVER TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION AND CONTAMINATION.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NOTED MULTI USE UTENSILS (PLATES,CUPS, BOWLS ETC) ON SHELVES NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL UTENSILS DURING STORAGE OR PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE COVER TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION AND CONTAMINATION.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN BEHIND SERVICE COOLER LIDS, MEAT SLICER AT THE BASEMENT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY BEHIND COOKING STOVE, SERVICE COOLERS AND DISH WASHER AREA AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY BEHIND COOKING STOVE, SERVICE COOLERS AND DISH WASHER AREA AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA.

When was J. Rocco Italian Table & Bar last inspected?

J. Rocco Italian Table & Bar has 5 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2013.

J. Rocco Italian Table & Bar vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 September 16, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.