I 94 Ribs Grill

325 W 47th St, Chicago, IL 60609

Passed re-check · Sep 8, 2025 Directions
69
Poor BiteKarma score 69 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Last inspected Sep 8, 2025: passed with 10 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Aug 28, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned, cited 6 times, plus 17 other repeat issues.
  • #29 in Chicago's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • Passed 4 of 9 graded inspections since 2022.

Inspection history 11 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Sep 8

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    10 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Allergen training as required
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Food properly labeled; original container
  3. Failed Aug 28

    Canvass

    11 violations
    • Allergen training as required
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  4. 2024
  5. Perfect Aug 15

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    No violations

  6. Failed Jul 29

    Canvass

    18 violations
    • Sewage and wastewater properly disposed
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Proper hot holding temperatures
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Food in good condition, safe, and unadulterated
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Compliance with clean indoor air ordinance
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
    • Food separated and protected
    • Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Allergen training as required
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • All food employees have food handler training

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