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Riviera Foods
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 20, 2026
- address3218-3220 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Riviera Foods clean?
Riviera Foods is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Riviera Foods?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT HAND SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA. MUST PROVIDE.
When was Riviera Foods last inspected?
Riviera Foods has 19 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 9, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 16, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2016 | Pass |
Riviera Foods vs Dunning
Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, 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 April 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.