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Zam Zam Middle Eastern Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 14, 2025
- address3461 N Clark St, Chicago 60657
Is Zam Zam Middle Eastern Grill clean?
Zam Zam Middle Eastern Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Zam Zam Middle Eastern Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOXES OF SAUCES STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE DRY STORAGE CLOSET LOCATED OFF SIDE OF KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOXES OF SAUCES STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE DRY STORAGE CLOSET LOCATED OFF SIDE OF KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED VARIOUS SCOOPS IN LARGE DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS STORED WITH HANDLES IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS WITH HANDLES NOT IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS IN BETWEEN USE.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED VARIOUS SCOOPS IN LARGE DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS STORED WITH HANDLES IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS WITH HANDLES NOT IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS IN BETWEEN USE.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE MIDDLE BASIN DRAIN OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK TO BE LEAKING HEAVILY WHEN MIDDLE BASIN AND RIGHT BASIN ARE DRAINING OR IN USE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR.
When was Zam Zam Middle Eastern Grill last inspected?
Zam Zam Middle Eastern Grill has 16 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 25, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2017 | Fail |
Zam Zam Middle Eastern Grill vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 May 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.