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The Dining Room
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 29, 2026
- address18 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60603
Is The Dining Room clean?
The Dining Room is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 29, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at The Dining Room?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGN AT HAND SINK IN PREP AREA. • OBSERVED LOW COLD WATER PRESSURE AT HAND SINK AT BOTH HAND SINKS IN PREP AREA MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN BAR AREA NOT IN USE SANITIZING AT 0.0 PPM'S AT THIS TIME. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.A HELD FOR INSPECTION TAG HAS BEEN PLACED ON UNIT ONCE REPAIRED EMAIL [email protected](PRIORITY 7-38-025)(COS)PPM'S ARE NOW AT 50.0 PPM'S AT THIS TIME (12:45 P.M.)
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN DOOR GASKET ON BAR PREP COOLER TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR.
When was The Dining Room last inspected?
The Dining Room has 8 inspections on record going back to February 6, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2020 | Fail |
The Dining Room vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.