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Ken Tone's Drive-In Since 1968
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 29, 2025
- address551 W 18Th St, Chicago 60616
Is Ken Tone's Drive-In Since 1968 clean?
Ken Tone's Drive-In Since 1968 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 29, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ken Tone's Drive-In Since 1968?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.
When was Ken Tone's Drive-In Since 1968 last inspected?
Ken Tone's Drive-In Since 1968 has 10 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| May 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 4, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 7, 2017 | Pass |
Ken Tone's Drive-In Since 1968 vs Armour Square
Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.
Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.