Rock Bottom

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 26, 2022
• address1 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60654

Is Rock Bottom clean?

Rock Bottom is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 26, 2022. 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 Rock Bottom?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 26, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN REAR DISH AREA MAINTAINING AN IMPROPER CHEMICAL SANITIZER CONCENTRATION OF 0PPM OF CHLORINE.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR MACHINE SO THAT IT IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING CHEMICAL SANITIZER AT PROPER LEVELS BETWEEN 50-100PPM OF CHLORINE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED IN ICE BIN AT SOFT DRINKS STATION. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ICE SCOOP OUTSIDE OF ICE TO AVOID CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED IN ICE BIN AT SOFT DRINKS STATION. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ICE SCOOP OUTSIDE OF ICE TO AVOID CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MISSING LOCKS IN STALLS IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED ONE URINAL IN MEN'S ROOM UNABLE TO BE FLUSHED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.

When was Rock Bottom last inspected?

Rock Bottom has 4 inspections on record going back to February 3, 2022.

Rock Bottom vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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  clean · April 26, 2022
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  clean · February 28, 2022
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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 26, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.