Laganini

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2025
• address4768 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Laganini clean?

Laganini is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Laganini?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • THE PERSON IN CHARGE DURING THE INSPECTION DOES NOT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON THE PREMISES. MUST PROVIDE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOODS NOT STORED IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • NOTED THE ELECTRIC FLY ELIMINATOR IN THE FOOD PREP AREA/DISH AREA, MUST BE REMOVED.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • NOTED A BEARDED COOK WITHOUT A BEARD RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL BEARDED FOOD PREPARERS.
  Personal Cleanliness • NOTED A BEARDED COOK WITHOUT A BEARD RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL BEARDED FOOD PREPARERS.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • MUST PROVIDE FOOD SCOOPS WITH HANDLES INVERTED FROM THE BULK FOODS.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • MUST PROVIDE FOOD SCOOPS WITH HANDLES INVERTED FROM THE BULK FOODS.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IE:UNDER THE BAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AND BASEMENT, MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IE:UNDER THE BAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AND BASEMENT, MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN.----MUST NOT USE RAW WOOD TO ELEVATE THE BAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST BE A CLEANABLE, NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. • MUST NOT USE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AS FOOD CONTAINERS IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS. MUST USE FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS OR WASHABLE CONTAINERS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE DISH WASHING MACHINE WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • ALL SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN NOTED DIRTY. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • ALL UNUSED COOLERS IN THE BASEMENT MUST BE CLEAN AND OPERATIONAL OR REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES TO PREVENT PEST HARBORING. • WALL BEHIND THE DISH WASHING MACHINE WITH DIRT SPLATTER.----FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN, BAR AND WALK-IN COOLER WITH DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.----MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS MATTING FOR FLOORS.----HOLES IN CEILING THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT DRY FOOD STORAGE AND IN THE WALL BEHIND THE STAND MIXER. MUST SEAL TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.----ALL EXPANDING SPRAY FOAM USED AS A SEALANT THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT DRY FOOD STORAGE AND WALK IN COOLER AREA, WHICH IS BUMPY, UNEVEN AND UNABLE TO BE CLEANED, MUST BE CUT DOWN TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NOTED SOME FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NOTED SOME FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Laganini last inspected?

Laganini has 19 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Laganini 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 61% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Square

• ? Lawrence Poultry
  cooked · October 27, 2011
• ✓ Superior Food Mart
  cooked · September 18, 2014
• ✓ 7-Eleven
  clean · December 2, 2024
• ✓ The Perfect Cup
  clean · November 10, 2025
• ? Pna Oriental Store
  cooked · July 30, 2012
• ? New Seoul
  cooked · June 11, 2020

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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 October 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.