Tanaka Ramen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 14, 2023
• address553-555 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614

Is Tanaka Ramen clean?

Tanaka Ramen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 14, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tanaka Ramen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED DISHWARE AND HOT HOLDING UNIT AT THE FRONT PREP AREA NOT PROTECTED FROM THE PUBLIC. MUST REMOVE OR PROVIDE SNEEZE GUARDS TO PROTECT.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED DISHWARE AND HOT HOLDING UNIT AT THE FRONT PREP AREA NOT PROTECTED FROM THE PUBLIC. MUST REMOVE OR PROVIDE SNEEZE GUARDS TO PROTECT.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11-- MUST PROVIDE STOPPERS FOR THE BAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. BROKEN ATTACHED STOPPERS AT THE KITCHEN/DISH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13---MUST REMOVE PLASTIC TAPE ON THE FRONT PREP COOLER DOOR AND PEELING TAPE NOTED ON THE SPLASH GUARDS OF THE REAR PREP ONE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REMOVE ALL.----EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE FRONT PREP SHELVING.MUST REMOVE RUST. ALL MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. 4-601.11(B)---EXTERIOR OF THE GAS STOVES IN THE REAR PREP WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • : 5-205.15--- EXTREMELY SLOW DRAINING HANDWASHING SINK AT THE BAR. MUST REPAIR TO PROPERLY DRAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11--MISSING CEILING TILE ABOVE THE KITCHEN ICE MACHINE. MUST REPLACE.-- 6-501.114--- ALL ITEMS STORED ON THE REAR PATIO IE: UNUSED PREP TABLES AND FURNITURE MUST BE REMOVED TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORING. : 6-501.113-- NOTED SOILED MOP HEADS IMPROPERLY STORED IN THE REAR PREP. MUST PROPERLY STORE AT THE UTILITY SERVICE SINK.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13--- NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE FOR THE PENDING CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Tanaka Ramen last inspected?

Tanaka Ramen has 20 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Tanaka Ramen vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 63% of them.

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  mid · August 18, 2015
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  clean · October 25, 2024
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  cooked · July 13, 2018
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  clean · August 5, 2025
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• ✓ Gino's East
  clean · November 12, 2015

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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 March 14, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.