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Rhyme Or Reason
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 24, 2019
- address1938-1940 W Division St, Chicago 60622
Is Rhyme Or Reason clean?
Rhyme Or Reason is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 24, 2019. 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 Rhyme Or Reason?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKY FAUCET BASE AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Rhyme Or Reason last inspected?
Rhyme Or Reason has 21 inspections on record going back to January 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| October 24, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 30, 2019 | — | |
| May 18, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| January 22, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 29, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2014 | Pass |
Rhyme Or Reason vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 October 24, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.