Ricks Diner

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 3, 2018
• address7544 W Addison St, Chicago 60634

Is Ricks Diner clean?

Ricks Diner is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 3, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ricks Diner?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 3, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL LINERS ON SHELVING UNDER GRILL AND FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE ALL ALUMINUM FOIL AND THAT ONLY SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES MAY BE USED.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL LINERS ON SHELVING UNDER GRILL AND FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE ALL ALUMINUM FOIL AND THAT ONLY SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES MAY BE USED.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER PIZZA OVEN AND FRYER.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORIN THIS AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER PIZZA OVEN AND FRYER.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORIN THIS AREA.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED LIGHT SHIELD NOT PROPERLY AFFIXED OVER LIGHT AT FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROPERLY AFFIX SHIELD.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE MOPSINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO TNSTALL BACKFLOW DEVICE TO MOPSINK.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOODHANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOODHANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET.

When was Ricks Diner last inspected?

Ricks Diner has 2 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2018.

Ricks Diner vs Dunning

Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 3, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.