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Mc Donald's
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 6, 2026
- address3540 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634
Is Mc Donald's clean?
Mc Donald's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Mc Donald's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE NOT IN USE, SANITIZING AT 0 PPM. CHLORINE SANITIZER MUST BE READ AT LEAST 100 PPM. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED EXPOSED BLACK SEWER LINES OVER FOOD STORAGE RACKS IN BASEMENT. MUST COVER OR ENCASE SEWER PIPES OR MOVE STORAGE RACKS FROM UNDER SEWER LINES.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED EXPOSED BLACK SEWER LINES OVER FOOD STORAGE RACKS IN BASEMENT. MUST COVER OR ENCASE SEWER PIPES OR MOVE STORAGE RACKS FROM UNDER SEWER LINES.
When was Mc Donald's last inspected?
Mc Donald's has 12 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 6, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 3, 2025 | — | |
| December 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 28, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 21, 2020 | Fail | |
| September 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2014 | Pass |
Mc Donald's vs Dunning
Dunning runs 35% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 104 clean, 29 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 February 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.