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Golden Diner
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 27, 2026
- address2102 W Ogden Ave, Chicago 60612
- cuisineGolden Diner
Is Golden Diner clean?
Golden Diner is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Golden Diner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE HANDWASHING SINK NEXT TO THE DRAINBOARD OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN NEED OF A SPLASH GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SPLASH GMEUARD AT MENTIONED SINK TO PROTECT CLEAN DISHWARE.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE HANDWASHING SINK NEXT TO THE DRAINBOARD OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN NEED OF A SPLASH GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SPLASH GMEUARD AT MENTIONED SINK TO PROTECT CLEAN DISHWARE.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO RECEPTACLE WITH A LID IN THE WOMEN TOILET ROOM NEAR PREP/DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO RECEPTACLE WITH A LID IN THE WOMEN TOILET ROOM NEAR PREP/DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS.
When was Golden Diner last inspected?
Golden Diner has 18 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 27, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2015 | Pass |
Golden Diner vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 March 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.