Rita's Place

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 26, 2011
• address1144 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Rita's Place clean?

Rita's Place is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 26, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Rita's Place?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 26, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. CLEAN THE REACHIN COOLER, FRYER AND CABINET UNDERNEATH. DEFROST AND CLEAN THE REACHIN FREEZER HAS ICE BUILDUP.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT ALONG THE WALLS, IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. REPAIR THE FLOOR IN THE TOILET ROOM 1ST FLOOR, THE WOOD AROUND TOILET IS IN POOR REPAIR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT ALONG THE WALLS, IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. REPAIR THE FLOOR IN THE TOILET ROOM 1ST FLOOR, THE WOOD AROUND TOILET IS IN POOR REPAIR.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. THE VENT ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT RUNS VERY SLOWLY. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAME
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • Cleaning equipment shall be properly stored away from food, utensils, equipment, and clean linens. CLUTTER IN THE BASEMENT OLD UNUSED EQUIPMENT,WINDOWS,BOXES, BAGS,CHAIRS ECT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE CLUTTER AND CLEAN AND ORGNIZE SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.

When was Rita's Place last inspected?

Rita's Place has 2 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2011.

Rita's Place vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 26, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.