Riverwalk Cafe & Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 17, 2015
• address401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Riverwalk Cafe & Bar clean?

Riverwalk Cafe & Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 17, 2015. 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 Riverwalk Cafe & Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2015, 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 • REMOVE DUST BUILD-UP FROM FAN HOUSING IN WALK-IN COOLER #4 OF KITCHEN AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR IN MAIN KITCHEN AREA AND AT GRILL AREA OF HOT LINE OF FOOD DEBRIS. • CLEAN FLOOR UNDER SHELVING IN WALK-IN COOLERS/FREEZER OF DEBRIS. • CLEAN FLOOR IN FRONT BAR/KITCHEN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR IN MAIN KITCHEN AREA AND AT GRILL AREA OF HOT LINE OF FOOD DEBRIS. • CLEAN FLOOR UNDER SHELVING IN WALK-IN COOLERS/FREEZER OF DEBRIS. • CLEAN FLOOR IN FRONT BAR/KITCHEN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN HEAVY DUST BUILD-UP AT CEILING IN DISH ROOM AREA AROUND VENTS AND LIGHT PANEL.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN HEAVY DUST BUILD-UP AT CEILING IN DISH ROOM AREA AROUND VENTS AND LIGHT PANEL.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FAUCET AT 2-COMP SINK IN REAR PREP AREA LOOSE AT BASE. MUST REPAIR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE CLUTTER IN BEVERAGE STORAGE AREA, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Riverwalk Cafe & Bar last inspected?

Riverwalk Cafe & Bar has 9 inspections on record going back to February 15, 2011.

Riverwalk Cafe & Bar vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 17, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.