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Penny's Noodle Shop
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 8, 2026
- address3400 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Penny's Noodle Shop clean?
Penny's Noodle Shop is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Penny's Noodle Shop?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Penny's Noodle Shop last inspected?
Penny's Noodle Shop has 13 inspections on record going back to July 1, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 25, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 12, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Penny's Noodle Shop vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 April 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.