Amano Bistro

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 31, 2025 →
• address4229 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Amano Bistro clean?

Amano Bistro is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 31, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Amano Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used

When was Amano Bistro last inspected?

Amano Bistro has 6 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2024.

Amano Bistro vs North Center

North Center runs 83% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 407 clean, 73 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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