Nighthawk

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJune 26, 2025
• address4744 N Kimball Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Nighthawk clean?

Nighthawk is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 26, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Nighthawk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITHOUT UP-TO-DATE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE PRESENT ON-SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN CHARGE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATE PRESENT ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES OF OPERATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE WHILE TCS FOOD (COFFEE, DAIRY) IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED ON-SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES OF FOOD OPERATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINKS AT THE BAR AND WASHROOM AREAS MISSING SIGNAGE NOTIFYING FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED A GAP GREATER THAN 1/4" BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR EXTERIOR DOOR AND THE FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DOOR OR INSTALL DOOR SWEEP TO ELIMINATE GAPS AND MAINTAIN ALL OUTER OPENINGS FREE FROM OPENINGS OR GAPS TO PREVENT ENTRY OF PESTS.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED WASTE RECEPTACLES IN BOTH GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS TO BE UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN ALL WOMEN'S AND GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SANITARY PRODUCTS AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED WASTE RECEPTACLES IN BOTH GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS TO BE UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN ALL WOMEN'S AND GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SANITARY PRODUCTS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEES MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES PRESENT ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING TO ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERITFICATE(S) ON-SITE AND AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEES MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES PRESENT ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING TO ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERITFICATE(S) ON-SITE AND AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.

When was Nighthawk last inspected?

Nighthawk has 7 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2016.

Nighthawk vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 June 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.