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Rainbow
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 5, 2023
- address4825 N Western Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Rainbow clean?
Rainbow is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 5, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Rainbow?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 5, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER CONSPICUOUSLY PLACED IN REACH-IN COOLER IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COLD HOLDING EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED CUSTOMER TOILET ROOM NOT SELF-CLOSING. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING MECHANISM FOR THE CUSTOMER TOILET ROOM DOOR AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED CUSTOMER TOILET ROOM NOT SELF-CLOSING. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING MECHANISM FOR THE CUSTOMER TOILET ROOM DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DAMAGED CEILING PANEL IN THE EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR DAMAGED CEILING PANEL AND MAINTAIN.
When was Rainbow last inspected?
Rainbow has 19 inspections on record going back to July 5, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 17, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| September 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2023 | — | |
| August 9, 2023 | — | |
| March 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 28, 2022 | — | |
| June 21, 2021 | — | |
| December 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 31, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2017 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2017 | Pass |
Rainbow vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, 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 September 5, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.