Roka Akor

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 11, 2026
• address111 W Illinois St, Chicago 60654

Is Roka Akor clean?

Roka Akor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 11, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Roka Akor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED CLEAN BEVERAGE GLASSES STORED BENEATH STAIRWELL NEAR THE WAREWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE CLEAN BEVERAGE GLASSES AND STORE ALL CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS OUTSIDE OF PROHIBITED AREAS SUCH AS BENEATH STAIRWELLS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED CLEAN PLATES AND BOWLS STORED UNCOVERED/NOT INVERTED ALONG THE MAIN CHARCOAL GRILL AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE CLEAN PLATES, BOWLS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS ADEQUATELY COVERED OR INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM DUST OR OTHER SOURCES OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED CLEAN BEVERAGE GLASSES STORED BENEATH STAIRWELL NEAR THE WAREWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE CLEAN BEVERAGE GLASSES AND STORE ALL CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS OUTSIDE OF PROHIBITED AREAS SUCH AS BENEATH STAIRWELLS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED CLEAN PLATES AND BOWLS STORED UNCOVERED/NOT INVERTED ALONG THE MAIN CHARCOAL GRILL AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE CLEAN PLATES, BOWLS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS ADEQUATELY COVERED OR INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM DUST OR OTHER SOURCES OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED GASKETS AT THE MAIN WALK-IN COOLER ENTRANCE DOOR IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE GASKETS AT THE WALK-IN COOLER ENTRANCE DOOR AND MAINTAIN ALL EQUIPMENT IN GOOD REPAIR AND PROPER ADJUSTMENT.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING PLUMBING FIXTURES IN POOR REPAIR: FAUCETS AT THE WAREWASHING AREA LEAKING, BUT FUNCTIONAL; CHEMICAL DISPENSER AT THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN THE WAREWASHING AREA TO BE LEAKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE LISTED PLUMBING FIXTURES TO ELIMINATE LEAKS AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN GOOD REPAIR.

When was Roka Akor last inspected?

Roka Akor has 29 inspections on record going back to June 30, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Roka Akor 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 49% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Roka Akor/Enolo Wine Bar
  clean · June 30, 2011
• ✓ Arbre Nail Salon
  clean · February 1, 2012
• ✓ North End Cafe
  cooked · March 27, 2013
• ✓ Tuts Store
  clean · December 16, 2010
• ✓ Chickcago Grille
  cooked · May 16, 2016
• ✓ Meli Cafe On Grand
  clean · August 22, 2025

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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 February 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.