River West Healthy Eatery is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 19, 2013. 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 River West Healthy Eatery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 19, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL COOKED FOOD PRODUCTS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL COOKED FOOD PRODUCTS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR OF PREMISES AND PROVIDE 3 STOPPERS AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR OF PREMISES AND PROVIDE 3 STOPPERS AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING TILE MISSING ABOVE WALK-IN FREEZER IN REAR PREP AREA
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING TILE MISSING ABOVE WALK-IN FREEZER IN REAR PREP AREA
⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER IN REAR PREP AREA
Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER IN REAR PREP AREA
When was River West Healthy Eatery last inspected?
River West Healthy Eatery has 6 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2010.
date
result
score
April 9, 2014
closed by the city
June 19, 2013
Pass
August 15, 2012
Pass
August 7, 2012
Fail
August 18, 2011
Pass
February 23, 2010
Pass
River West Healthy Eatery vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 19, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.