Rucker Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 27, 2019
• address2024 W 119Th St, Chicago 60643

Is Rucker Cafe clean?

Rucker Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 27, 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 Rucker Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2019, 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 • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN AT HAND WASHING SINK IN WASHROOM. HAND WASHING SIGNS SHALL BE POSTED AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SHELVING FOR FOOD STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SHELVING FOR FOOD STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SURFACES AROUND SERVICE WINDOW. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED OPENINGS ALONG BASEBOARDS AND AROUND ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN PREP AND SERVICE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OPENINGS IN WALLS IN ALL AREAS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Rucker Cafe last inspected?

Rucker Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to March 27, 2019.

Rucker Cafe vs Morgan Park

Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 March 27, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.