Evelyn's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 25, 2026 →
• address5522 S State St, Chicago 60621

Is Evelyn's clean?

Evelyn's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Evelyn's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Evelyn's last inspected?

Evelyn's has 15 inspections on record going back to February 21, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Evelyn's vs Washington Park

Washington Park runs 76% clean across 140 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 25 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 140 spots Cooked tracks in Washington 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.

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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 February 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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