Raw

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 18, 2018
• address131 N Clinton St, Chicago 60661

Is Raw clean?

Raw is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 18, 2018. 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 Raw?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • Observed potentially hazardous food stored at improper temperature in open faced display cooler: 48.5f, 1.5lbs of chocolate avocado mousse, at a value of $33.00 50.1f, 2lbs of hummus, at a value of $24.00 46.5f, 1lb of tuna pate, at a value of $8.00 47.2, 3lbs of kelp noodle salad with almond sauce, at a value of $45.00 47.5f, 2lbs of wild rice salad, at a value of $24.00 45.3f, 2lbs of garden burgers, at a value of $26.00 48.9f, 1lbs of sweet potatoe and spinach patties, $14.00 Manager volunteer discarded and denatured a total weight 13.5lbs at a total value of $174.00 Informed manager that potentially hazardous foods must be at 40f or lower for cold foods and 140f or more for hot foods at all times. Critical violation #7-38-005 (A)
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • Observed no certified food service manager on site, while potentially hazardous, hummus, chocolate avocado mousse, etc. were being prepared or served. Also, no valid posted manager certificate, during inspection. Instructed site that certified food service manager are required whenever potentially hazardous food are prepared and/or served on site. Serious violation #7-38-012
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Dish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock • Observed no chemical test kit on site during inspection. Informed site that chemical test kits must be on site at all times to determine proper sanitizing concentration of chemical sanitizing solution. Manager corrected violations during inspection. Serious violation #7-38-030
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Observed top surface of open faced display cooler with chipped paint. Informed manager that all surfaces must be smooth and easily cleanable. Instructed manager to seal surface/replace and ensure surface is smooth and easily cleanable. Maintain at all times.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Observed top surface of open faced display cooler with chipped paint. Informed manager that all surfaces must be smooth and easily cleanable. Instructed manager to seal surface/replace and ensure surface is smooth and easily cleanable. Maintain at all times.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Observed no stem thermometer on site to determine internal temperature of potentially hazardous foods on site. Instructed manager to provided. Maintain at all times.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Observed no stem thermometer on site to determine internal temperature of potentially hazardous foods on site. Instructed manager to provided. Maintain at all times.

When was Raw last inspected?

Raw has 10 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2010.

Raw vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 April 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.