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Savanna Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 11, 2025
- address4111 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Savanna Restaurant clean?
Savanna Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 11, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Savanna Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS BEING STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES FROM FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS BEING STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES FROM FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING USED AS LINER ON STORAGE RACKS IN REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE CARDBOARD AND ENSURE ALL NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES REMAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Savanna Restaurant last inspected?
Savanna Restaurant has 14 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 4, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 13, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2016 | Pass |
Savanna Restaurant vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.