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Rainbow Finer Food & Liquor
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 28, 2026
- address6316 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60636
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Rainbow Finer Food & Liquor clean?
Rainbow Finer Food & Liquor is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 28, 2026. 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 Rainbow Finer Food & Liquor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( slicing deli meat ) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • Deli meat food handler not wearing hair restraint, instructed to wear.Personal Cleanliness • Deli meat food handler not wearing hair restraint, instructed to wear.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • No Chlorine sanitizer test on site for 3-comp dish washing facility, instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005. • Minor leak noted under 3-comp sink, drain line, instructed to repair and maintain.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • No Chlorine sanitizer test on site for 3-comp dish washing facility, instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005. • Minor leak noted under 3-comp sink, drain line, instructed to repair and maintain.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • No Food handler training certificate for deli station staff. instructed to obtain.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • No Food handler training certificate for deli station staff. instructed to obtain.
When was Rainbow Finer Food & Liquor last inspected?
Rainbow Finer Food & Liquor has 16 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| May 28, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 18, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 28, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 2, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 23, 2019 | Fail | |
| December 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 12, 2014 | Pass |
Rainbow Finer Food & Liquor vs West Englewood
West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, 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 May 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.