Rock & Joe Food

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 25, 2017
• address2301 E 83Rd St, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Rock & Joe Food clean?

Rock & Joe Food is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 25, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Rock & Joe Food?

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

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • AIR TEMPERATURE OF THE PREP COOLER IN REAR OF PREMISES WAS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 50.0F,WHICH HAS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE COOLER,CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • INTERNAL TEMPERATURE TAKEN OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD INSIDE PREP COOLER,CHICKEN WAS FOUND AT 51.0F,TOTAL WEIGHT 7LBS,TOTAL COST $22.00,FOOD ITEM WAS DENATURED AND DESTROYED DUING INSPECTION,CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • OBSERVED NO HOT RUNNING WATER ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR HOT WATER,CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS NACHO CHEESE/WITH GROUND BEEF,SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN REAR OF PREMISES AND CLEAN EXTERIOR OF CONTAINERS OF FOOD PARTICLES
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN REAR OF PREMISES AND CLEAN EXTERIOR OF CONTAINERS OF FOOD PARTICLES
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT OF HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP AND OLD FOOD DEBRIS,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGOUT REAR PREP AREA,ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGOUT REAR PREP AREA,ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISES,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISES,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE CLUTTER FROM THE BASEMENT AREA AND IN THE REAR OF PREMISES NEAR REAR EXIT DOOR,TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE

When was Rock & Joe Food last inspected?

Rock & Joe Food has 11 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2011.

Rock & Joe Food vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Avalon Park

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  clean · June 8, 2011
• ✓ Goodie's Supermarket
  clean · August 16, 2013
• ✓ Aldi #79
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• ✓ Sharks Fast Food
  clean · November 23, 2011
• ✓ K & M Fd. Inc.
  clean · October 19, 2011
• ✓ Checkers Drive In Restaurant
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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 25, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.