Allende Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 8, 2026
• address2408 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Allende Restaurant clean?

Allende Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Allende Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP AT THE REAR ICE MACHINE MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WHEN NOT IN USE.----MUST USE A FOOD SCOOP WITH A HANDLE THAT INVERTS FROM THE FOODS WHEN BEING STORED INSIDE FOODS ON THE COOKS LINE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP AT THE REAR ICE MACHINE MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WHEN NOT IN USE.----MUST USE A FOOD SCOOP WITH A HANDLE THAT INVERTS FROM THE FOODS WHEN BEING STORED INSIDE FOODS ON THE COOKS LINE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD BOXES AS FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE THE COOKS LINE COOLER. EMPLOYEE REMOVED. • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS IN THE FRONT PREP. EMPLOYEE REMOVED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • RAW WOODEN SHELVING UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK MUST BE PAINTED/SEALED TO BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT. • MUST NOT USE PAPER TOWELS, TINFOIL AS LINER FOR SHELVING THROUGHOUT. MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BLACKENED, MOLDY WALL CAULKING AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.

When was Allende Restaurant last inspected?

Allende Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2023.

Allende Restaurant vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

• ✓ Allende Restaurant #2
  clean · September 8, 2025
• ✓ Denucci's
  clean · September 18, 2025
• ✓ Denucci's
  clean · June 22, 2023
• ✓ Body Energy Club - Lincoln Park
  clean · July 21, 2023
• ✓ Body Energy Club - Lincoln Common
  clean · July 21, 2023
• ✓ Fry The Coop
  clean · January 20, 2026

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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 January 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.