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Trader Joe's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 30, 2026
- address3745 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60613
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Trader Joe's clean?
Trader Joe's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Trader Joe's?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 30, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Trader Joe's last inspected?
Trader Joe's has 19 inspections on record going back to June 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 14, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 2, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 22, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 30, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2016 | Pass |
Trader Joe's vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, 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 March 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.