The Aberdeen Tap

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 12, 2025
• address440 N Aberdeen St, Chicago 60642

Is The Aberdeen Tap clean?

The Aberdeen Tap is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Aberdeen Tap?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • No handwashing signs in restrooms. Instructed to post.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • An ice maker installed under an open staircase in the basement, instructed to install a protection barrier or relocate the ice maker away from the staircase. • Chest freezer installed under cast iron sewer line, instructed to move away from sewer lines.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • An ice maker installed under an open staircase in the basement, instructed to install a protection barrier or relocate the ice maker away from the staircase. • Chest freezer installed under cast iron sewer line, instructed to move away from sewer lines.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • Deli cups are not air-dried after washing and stacking. Instructed to air-dry all multi-use utensils.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • Deli cups are not air-dried after washing and stacking. Instructed to air-dry all multi-use utensils.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • The ice maker interior surfaces are not clean, noted a gray film was noted on the upper interior panel. Instructed to clean and maintain.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • Unable to locate the backflow prevention device for both ice makers in basement. Instructed to install.

When was The Aberdeen Tap last inspected?

The Aberdeen Tap has 21 inspections on record going back to August 27, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Aberdeen Tap vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 November 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.