Panda Express

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 15, 2026
• address515 S State St, Chicago 60605

Is Panda Express clean?

Panda Express is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 15, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Panda Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2026, 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 NO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS (CHICKEN, BEEF, EGGROLLS) ARE BEING PREPARED.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (CHICKEN, BEEF) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITH A CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED FAUCET HANDLE IN WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM LOOSE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. ALL CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Panda Express last inspected?

Panda Express has 22 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Panda Express vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.