R & A Sourdough

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 9, 2025
• address942 W Huron St, Chicago 60642
• cuisineBakery

Is R & A Sourdough clean?

R & A Sourdough is currently Pass w/ Conditions 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 mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at R & A Sourdough?

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

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( fish, Deli meat...) Instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • Observed salmon fish Cold smoking on site where the temperature achieved by the product reaches above 41f. This process requires a variance. Also Curing agents using ( pink salt ) nitrite or nitrate always requires a variance where manager unable to produce. Instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-005. Instructed manager to discontinue such process.
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • Refer to violation #29. No citation.
  Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • Refer to violation #29. No citation.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • spray bottles on prep table not labeled, Instructed to label and maintain.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • Unable to locate the backflow prevention device for the ice maker, instructed to install.

When was R & A Sourdough last inspected?

R & A Sourdough has 3 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2023.

R & A Sourdough vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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.