Riverview Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 25, 2017
• address2718 W Roscoe St, Chicago 60618

Is Riverview Cafe clean?

Riverview Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 25, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Riverview Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 25, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SOME PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS DOOR RUBBER GASKETS RIPPED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE/REPAIR ALL DAMAGE DOOR RUBBER GASKETS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SOME PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS DOOR RUBBER GASKETS RIPPED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE/REPAIR ALL DAMAGE DOOR RUBBER GASKETS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE SOME PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DIRT/DUST BUILD UP INSIDE SOME PREP FLOOR DRAINS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF ALL FLOOR DRAINS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DIRT/DUST BUILD UP INSIDE SOME PREP FLOOR DRAINS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF ALL FLOOR DRAINS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON REAR PREP AREA CEILING TILES AROUND VENTILATION COVER. MUST CLEAN CEILING TILES AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON REAR PREP AREA CEILING TILES AROUND VENTILATION COVER. MUST CLEAN CEILING TILES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 2-COMPARTMENT SINK LEFT SIDE COMPARTMENT PIPE LEAKING ALSO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK STOPPERS NOT WORKING AT ALL COMPARTMENTS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINKS.

When was Riverview Cafe last inspected?

Riverview Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2017.

Riverview Cafe 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 36% 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 January 25, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.