The Rim Seafood

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 28, 2016
• address5657 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659

Is The Rim Seafood clean?

The Rim Seafood is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 28, 2016. 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 The Rim Seafood?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Source Sound Condition, No Spoilage, Foods Properly Labeled, Shellfish Tags In Place • OBSERVED 15LBS OF CLAMS VALUED AT $75 WITHOUT SHELLFISH TAG ATTACHED TO PRODUCT. OBSERVED 8LBS OF OYSTERS VALUED AT $16 WITHOUT SHELLFISH TAG ATTACHED TO PRODUCT. "SHELLFISH TAGS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ATTACHED UNTIL CONTAINER IS EMPTY OR RETAGGED AND THEREAFTER KEPT ON FILE FOR 90 DAYS" CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (B) (B-2)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED REACH IN CHEST FREEZER AND REACH IN FREEZER WITH EXCESS ICE ACCUMULATION. DEFROST AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED THE USE OF CARDBOARD AS SHELF LINER. CARDBOARD IS PROHIBITED AND CAN NOT BE USED. REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD. SURFACES NEED TO BE NON ABSORBANT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED REACH IN CHEST FREEZER AND REACH IN FREEZER WITH EXCESS ICE ACCUMULATION. DEFROST AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED THE USE OF CARDBOARD AS SHELF LINER. CARDBOARD IS PROHIBITED AND CAN NOT BE USED. REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD. SURFACES NEED TO BE NON ABSORBANT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF REFRIGERATORS UNCLEAN. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL ALL REFRIGERATORS. OBSERVED STOVE AND COOKING AREAS UNCLEAN. REMOVE CARDBOARD FROM SHELVING AT BOTTOM OF STOVE AREA AND CLEAN SHELVING.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR VERY UNCLEAN UNDER AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIMENT. FLOOR BEHIND STOVE HAS ALOT OF FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN CORNERS. CLEAN IN DETAIL UNDER AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR VERY UNCLEAN UNDER AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIMENT. FLOOR BEHIND STOVE HAS ALOT OF FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN CORNERS. CLEAN IN DETAIL UNDER AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL BEHIND STOVE AND EXPOSED HAND SINK IN KITHCEN WITH EXCESS GREASE ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED VENTS ABOVE STOVES AND FRYERS VERY UNCLEAN WITH EXCESS GREASE ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN VENTS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL BEHIND STOVE AND EXPOSED HAND SINK IN KITHCEN WITH EXCESS GREASE ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED VENTS ABOVE STOVES AND FRYERS VERY UNCLEAN WITH EXCESS GREASE ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN VENTS.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED NO IDPH FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE AN IDPH FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • OBSERVED NO IDPH FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE AN IDPH FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

When was The Rim Seafood last inspected?

The Rim Seafood has 5 inspections on record going back to July 24, 2015.

The Rim Seafood vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 31% of them.

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  clean · July 10, 2017
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• ✓! La Catedral Cafe
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• ✓ Borelli's
  clean · December 22, 2016
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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 April 28, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.