The Roost

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 12, 2017
• address1467-1469 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613
• cuisineMobile Food Dispenser

Is The Roost clean?

The Roost is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 12, 2017. 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 The Roost?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Wash And Rinse Water: Clean And Proper Temperature • OBSERVED CHICKEN SANDWICHES, CHICKEN TACOS, MACARONI AND CHEESE BEING PREPARED IN TRUCK WITHOUT DISHWASING FACILITIES. THE TRUCK WAS LICENSED AS A FOOD DISPENSER TO SERVE ONLY PREPACKAGED AND LABELED FOOD PRODUCTS. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030.critical
  Wash And Rinse Water: Clean And Proper Temperature • OBSERVED CHICKEN SANDWICHES, CHICKEN TACOS, MACARONI AND CHEESE BEING PREPARED IN TRUCK WITHOUT DISHWASING FACILITIES. THE TRUCK WAS LICENSED AS A FOOD DISPENSER TO SERVE ONLY PREPACKAGED AND LABELED FOOD PRODUCTS. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS BEING PREPARRED AND SERVEDD INCLUDING CHICKEN AND MACAROIN AND CHEESE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED MACAORNI AND CHEESE NOT LABELED. ALL PREPACKAGED ITEMS NEED TO BE LABELED INCLUDING NAME OF PRODUCT, INGREDIENTS LIST, NAME AND ADDRESS WHERE PRODUCT WAS PACKAGED
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED MACAORNI AND CHEESE NOT LABELED. ALL PREPACKAGED ITEMS NEED TO BE LABELED INCLUDING NAME OF PRODUCT, INGREDIENTS LIST, NAME AND ADDRESS WHERE PRODUCT WAS PACKAGED
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS NEED TO BE STORED WITH HANDLES FACING OUT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS NEED TO BE STORED WITH HANDLES FACING OUT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL BEHIND DRIVER SEAT IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL BEHIND DRIVER SEAT IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO THEREMOMETER WITH SMALL REFRIGERATOR. SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN WORKING THERMOMETER.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO THEREMOMETER WITH SMALL REFRIGERATOR. SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN WORKING THERMOMETER.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • WIPING CLOTHS NEED TO BE STORED IN SANITIZER WHEN NOT IN USE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • WIPING CLOTHS NEED TO BE STORED IN SANITIZER WHEN NOT IN USE.

When was The Roost last inspected?

The Roost has 6 inspections on record going back to March 12, 2014.

The Roost vs North Center

North Center runs 41% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 74 mid, 495 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in North Center

• ✓ The Roost
  cooked · February 17, 2022
• ✓ Servyoself
  cooked · December 9, 2016
• ✓ Ravenswood Q
  clean · July 8, 2014
• ✓! Eats And Sweets Cafe
  cooked · August 31, 2018
• ✓! Hacienda La Amistad
  cooked · September 6, 2018
• ✓ Potbelly Sandwich Shop
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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 May 12, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.