Raffaelo's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 11, 2017
• address1889-1891 N Winnebago Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Raffaelo's clean?

Raffaelo's is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 11, 2017. 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 Raffaelo's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR STORAGE AREA NOT LABELED. MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD STOTAGE CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR STORAGE AREA NOT LABELED. MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD STOTAGE CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CHEST FREEZER DOOR RUBBER GASKET RIPPED IN POOR REPAIR IN MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR RUBBER GASKET.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CHEST FREEZER DOOR RUBBER GASKET RIPPED IN POOR REPAIR IN MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR RUBBER GASKET.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED MISSING AND BROKEN FLOOR TILES UNDERNEATH ICE MACHINE AND FRONT PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED MISSING AND BROKEN FLOOR TILES UNDERNEATH ICE MACHINE AND FRONT PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED NO MOP SINK ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A MOP SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER NEEDED IN FRONT 2-DOOR PREP COOLER. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER NEEDED IN FRONT 2-DOOR PREP COOLER. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED ITEMS NOT ELEVATED 6INCHES OFF FLOOR IN REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Raffaelo's last inspected?

Raffaelo's has 2 inspections on record going back to August 11, 2017.

Raffaelo's vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, 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 11, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.