Rapa-Nui Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 23, 2010
• address4009 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Rapa-Nui Restaurant clean?

Rapa-Nui Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 23, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Rapa-Nui Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • NEED TO CLEAN BASEMENT FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • KITCHEN FLOOR POOR REPAIR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • KITCHEN FLOOR POOR REPAIR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STILL WORKING ON VIOLATION FROM REPORT 234027 DATED 5/19/10. CEILING IN DINNING ROOM POOR REPAIR, AND MISSING COVING IN FRONT BAR AREA ALSO SEAL NEW DRY WALL IN REAR REST ROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STILL WORKING ON VIOLATION FROM REPORT 234027 DATED 5/19/10. CEILING IN DINNING ROOM POOR REPAIR, AND MISSING COVING IN FRONT BAR AREA ALSO SEAL NEW DRY WALL IN REAR REST ROOM.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS IN KITCHEN.

When was Rapa-Nui Restaurant last inspected?

Rapa-Nui Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2010.

Rapa-Nui Restaurant vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 June 23, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.