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Miss Ricky's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 6, 2024
- address203 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60601
Is Miss Ricky's clean?
Miss Ricky's is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 6, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Miss Ricky's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CUT MELON INSIDE OF DRAWER COOLER STORED DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH LINEN PLACED UNDERNEATH FRUIT. INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE FOOD ITEMS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH LINENS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CUT MELON INSIDE OF DRAWER COOLER STORED DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH LINEN PLACED UNDERNEATH FRUIT. INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE FOOD ITEMS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH LINENS.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES ENTER BEHIND COOKLINE AND PREP AREAS WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT HAIR RESTRAINTS MUST BE WORN WHEN ENTERING PREP AREAS.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES ENTER BEHIND COOKLINE AND PREP AREAS WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT HAIR RESTRAINTS MUST BE WORN WHEN ENTERING PREP AREAS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED A THICK ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE BOTTOM OF REACH-IN FREEZER AT THE END OF COOKLINE. INSTRUCTED TO DEFORST/REMOVE ICE, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
When was Miss Ricky's last inspected?
Miss Ricky's has 14 inspections on record going back to December 11, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| August 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 25, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 15, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2015 | Pass |
Miss Ricky's vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.