Tabaq Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 24, 2025
• address1245 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60610

Is Tabaq Restaurant clean?

Tabaq Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 24, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Tabaq Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • STRIP ON FRONT ENTRY DOOR COMING LOOSE AT THE BOTTOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE STRIP AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSECTS FROM ENTERING AND HARBORING.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE METAL SHELVING IN THE REAR RIGHT SIDE FROM WHERE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IS WITH A BUILD UP OF DIRT AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN DISHES BEING STORED. • OBSERVED CARDBOARD AND FOIL LINING THE LOWER SHELVING IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA AND THE METAL SHELVING ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE HOTLINE WHERE THE SEASONINGS ARE STORED. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL FOIL AND CARDBOARD, KEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREAS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE TWO DOOR REACH IN COOLING UNIT ACROSS FROM THE UTILITY SINK WITH A BUILD UP OF FOOD PLATTER ON BASE FLOOR OF THE UNIT.. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS THROUGHOUT FOOD SERVICE AREA AND REAR PREP WITH A BUILD UP OF GREASE AND DEBRIS UNDER AND AROUND COOKING AND NON COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Tabaq Restaurant last inspected?

Tabaq Restaurant has 10 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2019.

Tabaq Restaurant vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

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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 February 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.