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Ritual Coffeehouse
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 9, 2026
- address1821 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613
Is Ritual Coffeehouse clean?
Ritual Coffeehouse is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Ritual Coffeehouse?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED SHELL EGGS AT 55F AND LIQUID EGGS AT 54F INSIDE OF THE 1-DOOR SANDWICH PREP COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD FOODS BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED THE 1-DOOR SANDWICH PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 50F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE EGGS AND CHEESES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE PREP COOLER BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE FLOOR BENEATH THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. • REPLACE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE WASHROOM.
When was Ritual Coffeehouse last inspected?
Ritual Coffeehouse has 12 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 9, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 19, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2017 | Fail |
Ritual Coffeehouse vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 June 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.