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 • No paper towels Provided to prep area hand and employees restroom hand wash sinks, Instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c).
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • No food temperature measuring devices on site, no probe thermometer, instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005. • Missing thermometer in front prep cooler, instructed to provide.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • Leaky faucet at 3-comp sink, unable to shut off water. instructed to repair plumbing and maintain.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • Leaky faucet at 3-comp sink, unable to shut off water. instructed to repair plumbing and maintain.

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 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

Other spots in West Englewood

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• ✓ Harold's Chicken Shack #4B
  clean · March 22, 2012
• ✓ M N J Fast Food Restaurant
  clean · April 17, 2012
• ✓ Paulina Food Market
  clean · April 16, 2012
• ✓ Krispy Krunchy Chicken
  clean · May 3, 2012
• ✓ 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.

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.