Ricano's Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 1, 2025
• address230 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60607

Is Ricano's Restaurant clean?

Ricano's Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ricano's Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF THE PREP TABLES AND CUTTING BOARDS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE WET WIPING CLOTHS IN A CONTAINER OF SANITIZER WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE STORAGE SHELVES BELOW THE WOODEN PREP TABLE, MIXER, TOASTER, BLENDER AND FOOD PROCESSOR LOCATED ON THE WOODEN PREP TABLE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • REPAIR THE OPENING IN THE DRYWALL BEHIND THE WOODEN PREP TABLE. • CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE FOOD PREP, DISH WASHING AREA AND BEHIND THE BAR UNDER EQUIPMENT AND ALONG THE WALLS.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • REPLACE THE BROKEN LIGHTSHIELD ABOVE THE COOK'S LINE. THE LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IS MISSING. MUST INSTALL. • INADEQUATE LIGHTING PROVIDED IN THE FOOD PREP AND THE DISH WASHING AREA. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN ALL AREAS WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED AND WHERE DISHES ARE WASHED.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • REPLACE THE BROKEN LIGHTSHIELD ABOVE THE COOK'S LINE. THE LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IS MISSING. MUST INSTALL. • INADEQUATE LIGHTING PROVIDED IN THE FOOD PREP AND THE DISH WASHING AREA. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN ALL AREAS WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED AND WHERE DISHES ARE WASHED.

When was Ricano's Restaurant last inspected?

Ricano's Restaurant has 21 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ricano's Restaurant vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 May 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.