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Svea Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 3, 2025
- address5236 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
Is Svea Restaurant clean?
Svea Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Svea Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED WOODEN SHELF BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND WOODEN STORAGE SHELVES (BY THE DOOR) LEADING TO DINING AREA IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SLOW DRAINING HAND SINK IN THE REAR KITCHEN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS WITH GREASE SPILLAGE NEXT TO COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE KITCHEN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR NON WORKING VENT INSIDE THE WASHROOM.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR NON WORKING VENT INSIDE THE WASHROOM.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • SOME FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ALL FOOD HANDLERS THAT DO NOT HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE SHALL COMPLETE AN APPROVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • SOME FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ALL FOOD HANDLERS THAT DO NOT HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE SHALL COMPLETE AN APPROVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2 CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, ANY PERSON WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
When was Svea Restaurant last inspected?
Svea Restaurant has 19 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 25, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 18, 2021 | Fail | |
| October 19, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 25, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2016 | Pass |
Svea Restaurant vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.