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Rubys Soulfood Downtown
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedDecember 18, 2019
- address100 W Randolph St, Chicago 60601
Is Rubys Soulfood Downtown clean?
Rubys Soulfood Downtown is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 18, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Rubys Soulfood Downtown?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 18, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE SIGNED COPIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. SUPPLIES MUST INCLUDE ADEQUATE SANITIZER THAT ELIMINATES NOROVIRUS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES TO PROPERLY HANDLE BODILY FLUID SPILLS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINK IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED PIPES RUNNING ON FLOOR TO FLOOR DRAIN IN PREP AREA NEAR 3-COMP SINK. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE OF REQUIREMENTS AND PIPES CAN NOT RUN HORIZONTALLY ON FLOOR. MUST ELEVATE PIPES, CORRECT AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED UNUSED EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN FACILITY FREE OF CLUTTER.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION.
When was Rubys Soulfood Downtown last inspected?
Rubys Soulfood Downtown has 3 inspections on record going back to December 16, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| December 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 16, 2019 | — |
Rubys Soulfood Downtown vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 December 18, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.