The Rugby Club

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 16, 2016
• address3614 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60618

Is The Rugby Club clean?

The Rugby Club is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 16, 2016. 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 Rugby Club?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 16, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR/REPLACE BEER WALK-IN COOLER DOOR IN POOR REPAIR. ABOVE DOOR IS UNEVEN AND DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND CLOSE. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE RUSTY FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER #2. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE EXTREMELY RUSTY SHELVING RACK INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER #2.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR/REPLACE BEER WALK-IN COOLER DOOR IN POOR REPAIR. ABOVE DOOR IS UNEVEN AND DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND CLOSE. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE RUSTY FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER #2. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE EXTREMELY RUSTY SHELVING RACK INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER #2.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INNER PANEL AT THE ICE MACHINE TO REMOVE SLIGHT GRAYISH BUILD-UP. MUST DETAIL CLEAN, SANITIZE AND REPAINT TOP OF GREASE TOP LID UNDER THE 3-COMP SINK IN THE KITCHEN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN, SANITIZE AND REMOVE ALL BROKEN GLASS, AND DEBRI UNDER ALL FRONT AND REAR BAR AREAS. MUST REPAIR BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE LADIES RESTROOM.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN, SANITIZE AND REMOVE ALL BROKEN GLASS, AND DEBRI UNDER ALL FRONT AND REAR BAR AREAS. MUST REPAIR BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE LADIES RESTROOM.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR HOLES AT THE CEILING IN THE BASEMENT TOWARDS THE BACK OF BASEMENT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE BASEMENT TO SEAL OPENINGS AT CEILING. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE PEELING CEILING INSIDE THE BEER WALK-IN COOLER IN THE BASEMENT LOCATED INSIDE ABOVE THE WALK-IN COOLER DOOR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR HOLES AT THE CEILING IN THE BASEMENT TOWARDS THE BACK OF BASEMENT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE BASEMENT TO SEAL OPENINGS AT CEILING. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE PEELING CEILING INSIDE THE BEER WALK-IN COOLER IN THE BASEMENT LOCATED INSIDE ABOVE THE WALK-IN COOLER DOOR.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR LEAK AT COLD WATER PIPE UNDER THE KITCHEN HAND SINK AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK. MUST INCREASE HOT AND COLD WATER PRESSURE AT THE HAND SINK LOCATED IN THE REAR BAR AREA. MUST REPAIR LEAKY PIPE UNDER THE 2-COMP MOP SINK LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT AREA.

When was The Rugby Club last inspected?

The Rugby Club has 14 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Rugby Club vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 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 November 16, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.