Rubys Soulfood Ford City

• resultPass
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 10, 2022
• address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Rubys Soulfood Ford City clean?

Rubys Soulfood Ford City is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 10, 2022. 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 Rubys Soulfood Ford City?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 10, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O): MISSING EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTD TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGED HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN AVAILABLE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11: MISSING PROCEDURE AND SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE/NECESSARY SUPPLIES AND MAINTAIN ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO SUCH EVENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13: INTERIOR OF UTILITY SINK BASIN HEAVILY SOILED/DEBRIS ACCUMULATION. INTERIOR CABINETS OF FRYERS AND ALL STORAGE SHELVES/UNITS AT FRONT SERVICE LINE NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11: DAMAGED/CRACKED FLOOR TILES IN MAIN PREP AREA. INSTD TO REPAIR/REPLACE SO AS FLOOR TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN AND EASILY CLEANABLE • 6-501.12: FLOOR, WALLS, WALLBASE, LIGHTSHIELDS AND CEILING VENTS THROUGH OUT SOILED WITH EXCESSIVE DIRT/DEBRIS/DUST ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THROUGH OUT

When was Rubys Soulfood Ford City last inspected?

Rubys Soulfood Ford City has 3 inspections on record going back to November 9, 2022.

Rubys Soulfood Ford City vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 39% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 138 clean, 28 mid, 190 cooked.

Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, 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 November 10, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.