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The Roost
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2022
- address1467-1469 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613
Is The Roost clean?
The Roost is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 17, 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 The Roost?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST BUILD UP ON WALL BEHIND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN WALL AND MAINTAIN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES.
When was The Roost last inspected?
The Roost has 14 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| February 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 20, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2015 | Pass |
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.
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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 February 17, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.