Friendship Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 24, 2025
• address2830 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Friendship Restaurant clean?

Friendship Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Friendship Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO SIGNAGE NOTIFYING FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS PROVIDED AT THE MAIN COOK LINE HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE TO ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED GASKETS AT THE WALK-IN COOLER DOOR IN POOR REPAIR, TORN AND SEPARATED DOOR FRAME. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE WALK-IN COOLER DOOR GASKETS AND MAINTAIN ALL EQUIPMENT IN GOOD REPAIR AND PROPER ADJUSTMENT.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE NEAR WAREWASHING AREA TO BE SOILED WITH DUST DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DUST DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WATER COLLECTION DISH BENEATH WATER BOILER IN 2ND FLOOR STORAGE AREA CLOGGED WITH POOLING WATER IN DISH. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN WATER BOILER COLLECTION DISH AND MAINTAIN PLUMBING FIXTURES THAT FACILITATE EASY CLEANING TO PREVENT DRAINAGE CLOGS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DRAIN PLUMBING AT HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE SERVER PREPARATION AREA AND WAREWASHING AREA TO BE SLOW-DRAINING, BUT FUNCTIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN OR REPAIR HANDWASHING SINK DRAIN PLUMBING TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE DRAINAGE AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN GOOD REPAIR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE 2ND FLOOR DRY STORAGE/CATERING EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA TO BE IN POOR REPAIR, NON-FUNCTIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE LIGHTING FIXTURE IN THE 2ND FLOOR DRY STORAGE/CATERING EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA AND MAINTAIN LIGHTING OF ADEQUATE INTENSEITY FOR THIS AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE 2ND FLOOR DRY STORAGE/CATERING EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA TO BE IN POOR REPAIR, NON-FUNCTIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE LIGHTING FIXTURE IN THE 2ND FLOOR DRY STORAGE/CATERING EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA AND MAINTAIN LIGHTING OF ADEQUATE INTENSEITY FOR THIS AREA.

When was Friendship Restaurant last inspected?

Friendship Restaurant has 26 inspections on record going back to August 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Friendship Restaurant vs Avondale

Avondale runs 41% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 57 mid, 340 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.