Rios De Sudamerica

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 7, 2024
• address2010-2012 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Rios De Sudamerica clean?

Rios De Sudamerica is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 7, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Rios De Sudamerica?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE DRINKING FROM UNCOVERED BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MAIN KITCHEN AREA WHILE PREPARING FOOD. INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEES ONLY TO DRINK IN DESIGNATED AREAS TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, EQUIPMENT, OR SINGLE-USE ARTICLES AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED COOKED BEEF ON MAIN KITCHEN AREA PREP COUNTER THAWING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO THAW TCS FOOD ITEMS WITH APPROVED THAWING METHODS SUCH AS UNDER REFRIGERATION OR UNDER RUNNING WATER AT 70.0F OR LESS AND MAINTAIN.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED COOKED BEEF ON MAIN KITCHEN AREA PREP COUNTER THAWING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO THAW TCS FOOD ITEMS WITH APPROVED THAWING METHODS SUCH AS UNDER REFRIGERATION OR UNDER RUNNING WATER AT 70.0F OR LESS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 5 LIVE ADOLESCENT COCKROACHES IN BASEMENT AREA (AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS IN VEGETABLE STORAGE BIN). INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL SERVICE, ELIMINATE ALL LIVE ROACHES ON PREMISES AND FOLLOW PEST CONTROL RECOMMENDATION FOR COCKROACH ABATEMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED.

When was Rios De Sudamerica last inspected?

Rios De Sudamerica has 28 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Rios De Sudamerica vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓ Arturo's Tacos
  clean · October 27, 2025
• ? La Ley Foods
  cooked · December 5, 2012
• ✓ Tobacco City
  cooked · May 6, 2013
• ✓ J & R Liquor & Food
  cooked · December 20, 2013
• ? Sonnys Pizza
  cooked · October 22, 2012
• ✓ Sink Swim
  cooked · September 7, 2016

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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 November 7, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.