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Dancen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 18, 2026
- address5114 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Dancen clean?
Dancen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dancen?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Dancen last inspected?
Dancen has 16 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 28, 2026 | — | |
| February 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2025 | — | |
| January 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 22, 2023 | — | |
| October 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2022 | — | |
| November 10, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 2, 2019 | — | |
| April 11, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Dancen vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 February 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.