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Golden Nugget
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 6, 2026
- address2406 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Golden Nugget clean?
Golden Nugget is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 6, 2026. 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 Golden Nugget?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalProper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE DRINKS ON PREP TABLE WITHOUT COVERING AS WELL FRONT HOUSE EMPLOYEE EATING MUFFIN NEAR BREAD STORAGE AND HOT HOLD UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO DESIGNATE SPACE FOR EMPLOYEE EATING AND BEVERAGES AWAY FROM FOOD IN ORDER TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
When was Golden Nugget last inspected?
Golden Nugget has 24 inspections on record going back to January 4, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 17, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 1, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2021 | Fail |
Golden Nugget vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 58% 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 May 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.