Tabaq Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 15, 2026
• address1245 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60610

Is Tabaq Restaurant clean?

Tabaq Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tabaq Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED A HEAVY BUILD UP OF RUST ON THE INSIDE TWO DOOR REACH IN COOLING UNIT RACK LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE UTILITY SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS STORED IN COOLING UNIT.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED A HEAVY BUILD UP OF RUST ON THE INSIDE TWO DOOR REACH IN COOLING UNIT RACK LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE UTILITY SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS STORED IN COOLING UNIT.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE GASKET SEAL ON BOTH OF THE DOORS OF THE TWO DOOR REACH ACROSS FROM THE UTILITY SINK DAMANGED AND IN NEED OF REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AS NEEDED AS A MEANS OF KEEPING PROPER TEMPERATURE AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED THE DARK GREY METAL SHELVING UNIT IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE BOTTOM SHELVING OF ALL PREP TABLES IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INSIDE OF ALL COOLING UNITS IN THE REAR IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING FROM FOOD SPILLAGE AND OR SPLATTER AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL. • OBSERVED THE SIDES OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING FROM GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE FAUCET OF THE HAND WASHING SINK NEXT TO THE TOILET ROOM VERY LOOSE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR IN THE REAR FOOD SERVICE AREA...THE LOBBY AREA...FRONT FOOD SERVICE AREA AND REAR GARAGE STORAGE AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING UNDER AND AROUND COOKING AND NON COOKING EQUIPMENT, COUNTERS AND AROUND THE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.

When was Tabaq Restaurant last inspected?

Tabaq Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to March 27, 2025.

Tabaq Restaurant vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.