Shawarma Inn

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 9, 2025
• address5523 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Shawarma Inn clean?

Shawarma Inn is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Shawarma Inn?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14-- ALL PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13--- MUST NOT USE TIN FOIL, CARDBOARD OR RAW WOOD AS LINER FOR EQUIPMENT OR SHELVING THROUGHOUT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • : 6-201.13--- NOTED MISSING BASEBOARD COVING THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE. :
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • : 6-304.11---- INOPERABLE MECHANICAL VENTILATION INSIDE THE WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • : 6-304.11---- INOPERABLE MECHANICAL VENTILATION INSIDE THE WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE.

When was Shawarma Inn last inspected?

Shawarma Inn has 26 inspections on record going back to December 17, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Shawarma Inn vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 June 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.