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Rendevouz Cafeteria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 24, 2025
- address836 W Wellington Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Rendevouz Cafeteria clean?
Rendevouz Cafeteria is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 24, 2025. 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 Rendevouz Cafeteria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER NEEDED IN THE 2-DOOR SANDWICHES STATION FOOD PREP COOLER LOCATED IN REAR OF MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST BUILD UP INSIDE CEILING VENTILATION VENTS IN REAR ENTRANCE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAMANTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEVRIS ON WLLL OBSERVED BROKEN LIGHTSHIELD COVER NEXT TO WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR OF MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR OR REPLCE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Rendevouz Cafeteria last inspected?
Rendevouz Cafeteria has 23 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| November 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 2, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 19, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2016 | Fail |
Rendevouz Cafeteria vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 November 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.