Lunch Heroes

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 22, 2025 →
• address2273 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Lunch Heroes clean?

Lunch Heroes is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 22, 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 Lunch Heroes?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures

When was Lunch Heroes last inspected?

Lunch Heroes has 4 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2024.

Lunch Heroes 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.

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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 September 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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