Lorraine's Diner Inc

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 29, 2012
• address1959 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Lorraine's Diner Inc clean?

Lorraine's Diner Inc is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 29, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lorraine's Diner Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 29, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. CLEAN THE HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT HAS DUST BUILDUP AND DEFROST CLEAN THE REACHIN FREEZER HAS ICE BUILDUP.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN THE FLOOR IN THE PREP AREA UNDER AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT HAS SOME GREASE BUILDUP.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN THE FLOOR IN THE PREP AREA UNDER AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT HAS SOME GREASE BUILDUP.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. CLEAN THE VENTS THROUGHOUT PREMISES HAS DUST BUILDUP.

When was Lorraine's Diner Inc last inspected?

Lorraine's Diner Inc has 8 inspections on record going back to March 29, 2010.

Lorraine's Diner Inc vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Aberdeen
  clean · October 29, 2010
• ✓! Lucia Gourmet Italian Cuisine
  mid · October 16, 2025
• ✕ Smoke Daddy
  cooked · February 27, 2013
• ? Papa's Cache Sabroso Restaurant
  cooked · September 2, 2010
• ? Sultan 's Market
  cooked · September 13, 2013
• ✓ Rodan
  clean · June 16, 2015

See every restaurant inspection in West Town →

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 March 29, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.