Holiday Inn Express

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 30, 2025
• address640 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Holiday Inn Express clean?

Holiday Inn Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Holiday Inn Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BUG LIGHT INSTALLED BEHIND SHELF WHERE FOOD IS STORED. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE BUG LIGHT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF FOOD STORED ON SHELF.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BUG LIGHT INSTALLED BEHIND SHELF WHERE FOOD IS STORED. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE BUG LIGHT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF FOOD STORED ON SHELF.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED NON SMOOTH AND DAMAGED SURFACE OF SHELVING UNIT IN KITCHEN PREP AREA USED TO STORE EQUIPMENT AND FRESH FRUIT. INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPAIR OR REPLACE NON SMOOTH AND DAMAGED SURFACE OF SHELVING UNIT IN KITCHEN PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED NON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF CORROSION RESISTANT, NONABSORBENT AND SMOOTH MATERIAL FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED COLD WATER SHUT OFF AT ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RESTORE RUNNING COLD WATER TO ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IN PREP AREA. • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON UTILITY SINK IN LAUNDRY ROOM IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON UTILITY SINK IN LAUNDRY ROOM IN BASEMENT SO THAT IT SHALL BE LOCATED SO THAT IT MAY BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS IN CORNER ALONG BASE OF WALL UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN IN CORNER AND ALONG BASE OF WALL UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN.

When was Holiday Inn Express last inspected?

Holiday Inn Express has 2 inspections on record going back to January 29, 2025.

Holiday Inn Express vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.