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Himmel's Chicago
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 24, 2026
- address2251 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Himmel's Chicago clean?
Himmel's Chicago is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Himmel's Chicago?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 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 BEING USED AS A LINER ON THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOIL TO MAKE SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
When was Himmel's Chicago last inspected?
Himmel's Chicago has 23 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2024 | — | |
| May 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2020 | — | |
| May 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 24, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2018 | — |
Himmel's Chicago vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 April 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.