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Mcdonald's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2026
- address1378-84 W Lake St, Chicago 60607
Is Mcdonald's clean?
Mcdonald's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. 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 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CONDIMENTS IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY BENEATH UNSHIELDED SEWER LINES IN THE BASEMENT AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD ITEMS FROM BENEATH PROHIBITED AREAS SUCH AS UNSHIELDED SEWER LINES OR PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHIELDING TO SEWER LINES TO INTERCEPT POTENTIAL DRIPS AND MAINTAIN.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CONDIMENTS IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY BENEATH UNSHIELDED SEWER LINES IN THE BASEMENT AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD ITEMS FROM BENEATH PROHIBITED AREAS SUCH AS UNSHIELDED SEWER LINES OR PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHIELDING TO SEWER LINES TO INTERCEPT POTENTIAL DRIPS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED FOOD TEMPERATURE PROBE THERMOMETER IN POOR REPAIR, PROBE BENT AND MISSHAPEN. FACILITY HAS OTHER FOOD TEMPERATURE MEASURING PROBE THERMOMETERS ON-STIE FOR USE IN MONITORING FOOD TEMPERATURES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THERMOMETER OR PROBE AND MAINTAIN ALL UTENSILS AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICES IN GOOD REPAIR AND CALIBRATION.
When was Mcdonald's last inspected?
Mcdonald's has 19 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 25, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2017 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Mcdonald's vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.