Rice Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED CHICKEN AT 43.5-44.4F, SHELL EGGS AT 60.4F, MUSSELS AT 48.2F, CREAM CHEESE AT 47.1F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 20# OF FOOD WORTH $200. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED 2 CONTAINERS OF NOODLES STORED IN A BUCKET MARKED "ECOLAB DETERGENT." MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE STORAGE CONTAINERS. MANAGEMENT DISCARDED BOTH BUCKETS OF NOODLES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER PRESENT WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (CHICKEN, RICE, ETC.) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST LABEL AND DATE ALL PREPARED FOODS IN THE COOLERS.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE PREP TABLES, WIRE STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, BASEMENT STORAGE SHELVES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CLEAN AND REPAINT WALLS IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 21, 2011: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Lincoln Park

• ? Spicy Pickle
  cooked · 2312 N Lincoln Ave · inspected August 25, 2010
• ? Herban Gourmet
  cooked · 1750 N Clark St · inspected February 28, 2012
• ✓! Terry's Food Mart, Inc.
  cooked · 1401 N Orleans St · inspected January 13, 2010
• ✓ Shoe's Pub
  cooked · 1134 W Armitage Ave · inspected November 12, 2013
• ✓ Sully's House
  clean · 1501 N Dayton St · inspected July 13, 2026
• ✓ Lovebugs, Toddler Programs And Preschool, Llc
  clean · 1327 N Larrabee St · inspected January 5, 2010

See every restaurant in Lincoln Park →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.