Shawarma Garden

1951 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622

Passed re-check · Jul 21, 2025 Directions
83
Good BiteKarma score 83 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 6 of 8 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Jul 21, 2025: passed with 7 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Jul 11, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used, cited 4 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jul 21

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    7 violations
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Allergen training as required
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  3. Failed Jul 11

    Canvass

    9 violations
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Allergen training as required
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Oct 22

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Oct 31

    Canvass

    4 violations
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean

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