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Heritage General Store
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 10, 2026
- address2959 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Heritage General Store clean?
Heritage General Store is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Heritage General Store?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL USED AS LINER ON FOOD PREP EQUIPMENT AND TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING AND DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN THEPREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR TO CREATE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. MUST MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
When was Heritage General Store last inspected?
Heritage General Store has 21 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 16, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 7, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Heritage General Store vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.