Zaab E Lee Thai Street Food

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 12, 2026
• address3021 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Zaab E Lee Thai Street Food clean?

Zaab E Lee Thai Street Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Zaab E Lee Thai Street Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRY NOODLES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA UNCOVERED IN A BIN ON THE PREP TABLE SHELF. INSTRUCTED TO COVER FOOD ITEM TO PROTECT FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION. ALSO OBSERVED COOKING UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT STORED ON THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE ALL DISHES AND UTENSIL AT LEAST SIX INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRY NOODLES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA UNCOVERED IN A BIN ON THE PREP TABLE SHELF. INSTRUCTED TO COVER FOOD ITEM TO PROTECT FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION. ALSO OBSERVED COOKING UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT STORED ON THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE ALL DISHES AND UTENSIL AT LEAST SIX INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DIRTY FLOORS UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND SHELVING IN THE DISHWASHING AREA AND FOOD SPLATTER ON THE WALL IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILE ABOVE STORAGE HALLWAY IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE OR RE-ATTACH AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED A HOLE/OPENING IN THE CEILING IN THE REAR SEATING AREA ENTRANCE NEAR SPEAKERS. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLE AND OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY OR HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.

When was Zaab E Lee Thai Street Food last inspected?

Zaab E Lee Thai Street Food has 3 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2025.

Zaab E Lee Thai Street Food 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 44% 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 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.