Royal Berry

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 27, 2012
• address21 W Ontario St, Chicago 60654

Is Royal Berry clean?

Royal Berry is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 27, 2012. 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 Royal Berry?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 27, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • (7-38-012) FOUND NO ONE ON PREMISES WITH A CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE DURING THIS VISIT; MUST HAVE ONE ON SITE, WHEN HANDLING/SERVING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (MILK/YOGURT).
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES MUST BE REPLACED. CAULKING ON COUNTERTOP, AROUND THE FRONT HANDSINK MUST BE RE-DONE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES MUST BE REPLACED. CAULKING ON COUNTERTOP, AROUND THE FRONT HANDSINK MUST BE RE-DONE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CABINETS UNDER FRONT HANDSINK, INTERIOR FLOOR OF FRONT COOLER, & DIPPER WELL MUST BE KEPT CLEAN & FREE OF DEBRIS/FOOD STAINS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CORNER COVING MISSING ON A CORNER SECTION BY THE FRONT HANDSINK MUST PROVIDE; & SEAL GAPS/OPENINGS ON WALLS, INCLUDING THOSE UNDER THE FRONT HANDSINK.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CORNER COVING MISSING ON A CORNER SECTION BY THE FRONT HANDSINK MUST PROVIDE; & SEAL GAPS/OPENINGS ON WALLS, INCLUDING THOSE UNDER THE FRONT HANDSINK.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • THE MOP SINK BASIN (MOUNTED TO THE GROUND) HAS NO WALLS TO THE FRONT & RIGHT SIDE OF IT, MUST FIX OR REPLACE. THE DIPPER WELL NEEDS A PLUNGER TO HOLD SCOOPS UNDER RUNNING WATER, MUST PROVIDE.

When was Royal Berry last inspected?

Royal Berry has 3 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2011.

Royal Berry 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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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 July 27, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.