Roti Modern Mediterranean

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 3, 2026
• address1000 W North Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Roti Modern Mediterranean clean?

Roti Modern Mediterranean is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 3, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Roti Modern Mediterranean?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED FACILITY WITHOUT A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON DUTY AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED A CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH A CURRENT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES AND A VALID MUST REMAIN POSTED ON SITE WHENEVER TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY(TCS) FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED, HANDLED, STORED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE REACH IN COOLERS AND DISPLAY COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING THE COMMON NAME OF FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS. OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN CONTAINER STORED UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE LIDS/COVERS WHEN STORING ALL FOOD ITEMS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS. OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN CONTAINER STORED UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE LIDS/COVERS WHEN STORING ALL FOOD ITEMS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING/SERVING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT/WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING/SERVING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT/WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED DRAINPIPE LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE COMPARTMENT OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE DISWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE CERTIFICATE AND POST.

When was Roti Modern Mediterranean last inspected?

Roti Modern Mediterranean has 14 inspections on record going back to January 18, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Roti Modern Mediterranean vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 50% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

• ✓ Roti Modern Mediterranean
  clean · January 18, 2018
• ✓! Mod Pizza
  cooked · January 27, 2020
• ✓ Mod Pizza
  clean · February 6, 2018
• ✓ Goose Island Brewing Co
  clean · April 7, 2016
• ✓ Deliflavor
  cooked · February 23, 2018
• ✓! Dunkin Donuts
  cooked · April 29, 2019

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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 June 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.