Damen Dining

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2025 →
• address6511 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60626

Is Damen Dining clean?

Damen Dining is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Damen Dining?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Damen Dining last inspected?

Damen Dining has 23 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Damen Dining vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 78% clean across 312 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 61 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 312 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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