Ray's Fish Chicken & Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 20, 2018
• address7901 S Damen Ave, Chicago 60620

Is Ray's Fish Chicken & Grill clean?

Ray's Fish Chicken & Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 20, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Ray's Fish Chicken & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 20, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS OF FLOUR AND CORN MEAL NOT PROPERLY LABELED IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THAT ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES ARE INFORMED OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY DISEASE TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012A
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE CONTAINERS NOT INVERTED.INSTRUCTED MANAGER OT INVERT ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE CONTAINERS NOT INVERTED.INSTRUCTED MANAGER OT INVERT ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED PLASTIC FORKS NOT INVERTED ON COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE USE ARTICLES.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED PLASTIC FORKS NOT INVERTED ON COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE USE ARTICLES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED OPEN SEAMS AND LOOSE GASKET ON INTERIOR DOOR OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DIRT, GREASE, AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS ND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED ONE FRYER NOT UNDER VENTILATION HOOD. ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT SHALL FIT COMPLETELY UNDER VENTILATION HOOD.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED ONE FRYER NOT UNDER VENTILATION HOOD. ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT SHALL FIT COMPLETELY UNDER VENTILATION HOOD.

When was Ray's Fish Chicken & Grill last inspected?

Ray's Fish Chicken & Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2018.

Ray's Fish Chicken & Grill vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.

Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 July 20, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.