Ray's Round Up Bar & Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2018
• address3930 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Ray's Round Up Bar & Grill clean?

Ray's Round Up Bar & Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Ray's Round Up Bar & Grill?

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

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 (A) NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL EXPOSED HAND SINK IN FRONT BEHIND RIGHT BAR.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LABEL AND DATE FOR READY TO EAT FOOD INSIDE COOLERS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE 3 WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS FOR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE 3 WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS FOR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOLERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REORGANIZE AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT STORED IN BASEMENT STORAGE. FOOD AND NON FOOD EQUIPMENT MUST BE STORED 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION CLASS. (ALL NEW EMPLOYEES ON SITE).
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION CLASS. (ALL NEW EMPLOYEES ON SITE).
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSON WITH FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NO CITATION ISSUED

When was Ray's Round Up Bar & Grill last inspected?

Ray's Round Up Bar & Grill has 13 inspections on record going back to October 9, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ray's Round Up Bar & Grill vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.

Other spots in Portage Park

• ✓ Rey Roundup Bar & Grill
  clean · October 23, 2014
• ✓ Smakosz Restaurant
  clean · October 6, 2025
• ✓ Smakosz Restaurant
  clean · May 12, 2014
• ✓! Shilas Restaurant
  mid · August 29, 2019
• ✓ Kawayan
  clean · August 11, 2023
• ✓ La Flor De Michoacan
  clean · April 27, 2016

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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 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.