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Mcdonald's
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2026
- address4844 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Mcdonald's clean?
Mcdonald's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Mcdonald's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN SPILLED FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF REACH-IN COOLERS FOR FRIES AND BEEF PATTYS.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE PREP AREA AT END OF COOK LINE AND IN THE DISHWASHING AREA UNABLE TO PROVIDE RUNNING WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 SECONDS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR METERED FAUCET TO RUN WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 SECONDS TO ALLOW FOR PROPER HANDWASHING.
When was Mcdonald's last inspected?
Mcdonald's has 32 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 6, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 14, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 1, 2020 | Fail | |
| November 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2018 | Fail |
Mcdonald's 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 68% 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 March 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.