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White Castle
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2026
- address7550 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60631
Is White Castle clean?
White Castle is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at White Castle?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 OBSERVED SHELVING AND FLOORS THROUGHOUT FACILITY WITH SOIL AND DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was White Castle last inspected?
White Castle has 15 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 27, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 27, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 23, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 17, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 12, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 14, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 1, 2016 | Fail |
White Castle vs Edison Park
Edison Park runs 68% clean across 114 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 22 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 114 spots Cooked tracks in Edison Park, 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.