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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 barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED MULTIPLE BROKEN PAPERTOWEL DISPENSERS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT PREP AREA AND UPSTAIRS SERVING AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE HANDWASHING SINK IN BETWEEN BURGER AND PASTA PREP STATIONS NOT MAINTAINED WITH HOT WATER. OBSERVED WATER AT 60F. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE HOT WATER AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS MUST BE AT LEAST 100F. SERVICE TECHNICIAN ARRIVED ON SITE AND NOW ALL SINKS ARE MAINTAINED BETWEEN 102F - 105F. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offProper Hot Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD NOT MEETING REQUIRED TEMPERATURE OF 135F DEGREES OR ABOVE IN THE DESIGNATED HOT-HOLDING UNIT: POTATOES AT 119F AND 120F AND 117F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 5 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $25.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN PREP SINK/DUMP AND STAINLESS-STEEL PREP TABLE IN DELI AREA. MUST INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASHGUARD.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN PREP SINK/DUMP AND STAINLESS-STEEL PREP TABLE IN DELI AREA. MUST INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASHGUARD.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BROKEN/ MISSING COVERS FOR MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OF EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DUST, FOOD DEBRIS, AND DIRT ON FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, DISH WASHING, STORAGE AND BASEMENT AREAS, AND RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY ON MECHANICAL COMPARTMENTS OF EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN ALL AREAS.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 17, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 23, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 21, 2019 | Fail |
Damen Dining vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.