Cooked?
White Castle #54
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 11, 2025
- address3205 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60608
Is White Castle #54 clean?
White Castle #54 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at White Castle #54?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • WORN RUBBER GASKET ON THE FRONT REACH IN COOLER (BY THE SAFE). INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE RUBBER GASKET AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS WITH AN ACCUMILATION OF GREASE FOOD AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FRYERS.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAK AT THE BASE OF THE HOT WATER KNOB ON THE 1/3-COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO FIX LEAKS AND MAINTAIN GOOD PLUMBING.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE BASEMENT AND FIRST FLOOR CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE COOLERS/COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH GREASE, DIRT, FOOD AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT.
When was White Castle #54 last inspected?
White Castle #54 has 15 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2013 | Pass |
White Castle #54 vs Mckinley Park
Mckinley Park runs 68% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 39 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Mckinley Park, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.
Other spots in Mckinley Park
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 December 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.