Kapitan

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2025 →
• address2142 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Kapitan clean?

Kapitan is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 27, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Kapitan?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices

When was Kapitan last inspected?

Kapitan has 7 inspections on record going back to October 30, 2020.

Kapitan vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 78% clean across 892 tracked restaurants — 687 clean, 174 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 892 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

• ✓! Kapitan
  mid · November 20, 2020
• ✓ Villa Verde Oils, Llc
  clean · October 15, 2019
• ✓ Dash Of Salt And Pepper
  clean · August 20, 2025
• ✓ Kapej Coffee
  clean · March 28, 2025
• ✓! Pork Chop
  cooked · February 13, 2020
• ✓ Kameya Japanese Restaurant
  clean · June 27, 2025

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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