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Rocks Northcenter
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 29, 2024
- address4138-4142 N Lincoln, Chicago 60618
Is Rocks Northcenter clean?
Rocks Northcenter is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Rocks Northcenter?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON DOOR WALK IN COOLER IN BASEMENT USED TO STORE FOOD AND ON INTERIOR OF 3 DOOR PREP COOLER LOCATED IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE CONNECTED TO UTILITY SINK LOCATED IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED 1 CERTIFIED MANAGER WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING A CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
When was Rocks Northcenter last inspected?
Rocks Northcenter has 26 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| October 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2024 | — | |
| October 11, 2024 | — | |
| November 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2023 | — | |
| December 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2022 | — | |
| October 4, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2021 | — | |
| September 15, 2021 | — | |
| August 13, 2020 | Pass |
Rocks Northcenter 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 October 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.