Seashell Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 1, 2026 →
• address6940 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60636

Is Seashell Restaurant clean?

Seashell Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 1, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Seashell Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips

When was Seashell Restaurant last inspected?

Seashell Restaurant has 31 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Seashell Restaurant vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 81% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 117 clean, 22 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

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• ✓ Krispy Krunchy Chicken
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• ✓ Mali Mart
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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