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The Warbler
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
- address4533-4535 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Is The Warbler clean?
The Warbler is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Warbler?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS (RICE, ONIONS, BEANS, ETC.) WITH THE COMMON NAME OF FOOD ITEM IN THE BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CLEAR BOWL BEING USED AS A SCOOP FOR CAULIFLOUR IN THE PREP COOLER IN THE COOKS AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USED A SCOOP WITH A HANDLE FOR FOOD ITEMS TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CLEAR BOWL BEING USED AS A SCOOP FOR CAULIFLOUR IN THE PREP COOLER IN THE COOKS AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USED A SCOOP WITH A HANDLE FOR FOOD ITEMS TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO RENEW/RECERTIFY ALLERGEN TRAINING.
When was The Warbler last inspected?
The Warbler has 17 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 27, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2021 | Fail | |
| September 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 16, 2020 | Fail | |
| December 23, 2019 | Fail |
The Warbler vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.