Lincoln Karaoke

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 14, 2025
• address5524-5528 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Lincoln Karaoke clean?

Lincoln Karaoke is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lincoln Karaoke?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • CLEAN STORED MIXING BOWLS MUST BE STORED INVERTED.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • CLEAN STORED MIXING BOWLS MUST BE STORED INVERTED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE RAW WOODEN PALLETS AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS IN THE SOUTH BAR. SHELVING MUST ALLOW FLOORS ACCESSIBLE FOR CLEANING AND MONITORING.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • RAW WOODEN SHELVING UNDER THE CENTRAL BAR AND RAW WOOD NEXT TO THE HAND SINK AT THE SAME BAR MUST BE PAINTED/SEALED TO BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT.----MUST NOT USE TINFOIL AS LINER FOR EQYUIPMENT IE: STOVE TOP.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST NOT USE TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR FOR THE SPRAYER ARM NOZZLE ON THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.----SAME SPRAYER NOZZLE MUST NOT HANG BELOW THE WASHBASIN AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • SOILED MOP HEADS MUST BE STORED INVERTED IN THE UTILITY SERVICE SINK.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • ALL THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES.

When was Lincoln Karaoke last inspected?

Lincoln Karaoke has 23 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lincoln Karaoke 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.

Other spots in Lincoln Square

• ✓ Lincoln Karaoke
  clean · May 24, 2012
• ✓! Anjani Food & Liquor
  mid · August 4, 2020
• ✓ Anjani Food & Liquor
  clean · April 24, 2012
• ✓ Garcia's Restaurant
  clean · July 15, 2025
• ✓ Garcia's Restaurant
  clean · June 23, 2011
• ✓ Dolce Casa Cafe
  clean · May 22, 2015

See every restaurant inspection in Lincoln Square →

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 November 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.