Mr. Farooj

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 6, 2025
• address5752 N California Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Mr. Farooj clean?

Mr. Farooj is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mr. Farooj?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED 1/2 INCH AT REAR EXIT DOOR SWEEP. MUST RODENT PROOF SAID DOOR.

When was Mr. Farooj last inspected?

Mr. Farooj has 4 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2023.

Mr. Farooj 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 44% 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 January 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.