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Rio Valley Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 23, 2025
- address3307 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Rio Valley Market clean?
Rio Valley Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Rio Valley Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12 OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF IN-USE UTENSILS (KNIVES) IN THE MEAT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12 OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF IN-USE UTENSILS (KNIVES) IN THE MEAT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 OBSERVED 3-COMPARTMENT SINK STOPPERS MISSING; ONLY ONE STOPPER AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR EACH SINK COMPARTMENT. • 4-202.16 OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS MATS ON THE FLOOR IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA, MEAT PREP AREA AND WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. • 4-501.12 OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS IN THE PREP AREAS WITH OPEN SEAMS AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH/REPLACE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
When was Rio Valley Market last inspected?
Rio Valley Market has 22 inspections on record going back to September 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 4, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2014 | Pass |
Rio Valley Market vs Chicago Lawn
Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 July 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.