Rick's Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 19, 2016
• address2348 W Taylor, Chicago 60612

Is Rick's Cafe clean?

Rick's Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 19, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Rick's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A PARTITIONER TO SEPARATE THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK FROM THE DRAINBOARD ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR THE CRACKED TOP SURFACE OF THE TOILET IN THE EMPLOYEE'S TOILET ROOM. MAINTAIN ALL.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A PARTITIONER TO SEPARATE THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK FROM THE DRAINBOARD ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR THE CRACKED TOP SURFACE OF THE TOILET IN THE EMPLOYEE'S TOILET ROOM. MAINTAIN ALL.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS AND THE REACH IN FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL THE OPENINGS IN THE EMPLOYEE'S TOILET ROOM, MUST ALSO REPLACE ALL MISSING AND CRACKED FLOOR TILES THERE AND IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS IN ALL CORNERS AND UNDER THE DEEP FRYERS. MAINTAIN ALL.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL THE OPENINGS IN THE EMPLOYEE'S TOILET ROOM, MUST ALSO REPLACE ALL MISSING AND CRACKED FLOOR TILES THERE AND IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS IN ALL CORNERS AND UNDER THE DEEP FRYERS. MAINTAIN ALL.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL THE OPENINGS AND CRACKS IN THE EMPLOYEE'S TOILET ROOM AND IN THE PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE THE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE CUSTOMER'S DINING AREA BY THE KITCHEN MAINTAIN ALL.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL THE OPENINGS AND CRACKS IN THE EMPLOYEE'S TOILET ROOM AND IN THE PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE THE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE CUSTOMER'S DINING AREA BY THE KITCHEN MAINTAIN ALL.

When was Rick's Cafe last inspected?

Rick's Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2011.

Rick's Cafe vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 19, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.