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Dairy Queen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
- address2200 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614
Is Dairy Queen clean?
Dairy Queen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dairy Queen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA. OBSERVED SEVERAL LIGHT BULBS NOT WORKING. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA. OBSERVED SEVERAL LIGHT BULBS NOT WORKING. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
When was Dairy Queen last inspected?
Dairy Queen has 8 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 28, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 24, 2020 | — |
Dairy Queen 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.
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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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.