Vistas of Lincoln Park

The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.

Chicago Department of Public Health: Symphony Residences at Lincoln Park

• Jun 18, 2025 (canvass): Out of Business. No violations listed.
• May 12, 2025 (canvass re-inspection): Pass. No violations listed.
• May 5, 2025 (canvass): Fail.
  2 violations

  • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible (Priority). Inspector’s note: observed improper water temperature at 70f at hand sink in dish washing room. minimum water temperature must be at 100f or above through mixing valve or combination faucet. priority violation. 7-38-030(c). citation issued. maintenance corrected plumbing on site. water temperature reaching 100f at ...
  • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: observed sewage backup inside 2 compartments at 3-compartment sink when water is being held to drain. must repair. priority foundation violation. 7-38-025. citation issued.
• Sep 20, 2024 (canvass): Pass.
  3 violations

  • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized. Inspector’s note: noted top interior of ice machine bin not clean. instructed to remove ice, clean and sanitize all surfaces and maintain.
  • Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: noted stained cutting board on cold holding/prep unit. instructed to deep clean, sanitize and maintain.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: noted floors underneath kitchen ice machine, 3 compartment sink, prep tables and hot holding units in need of cleaning. instructed to clean, sanitize and maintain.
• Nov 24, 2023 (canvass): Pass.
  5 violations

  • Personal cleanliness. Inspector’s note: observed multiple food-handling employees wearing dangling bracelets and necklaces while preparing food. instructed the person in charge to ensure that food handling employees are not wearing jewelry except a plain ring, such as a wedding band while preparing food and maintain it.
  • Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: observed milk crates being used for elevation in the rear prep, dishwashing area, and dry storage areas. instructed the person in charge not to use milk crates for elevation to prevent hiding places for pest. must provides appropriate shelving for storage. all food items must also be stored 6" away ...
  • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: observed drainpipe leaking under three compartment sink in the rear warewashing area ---also observed exposed handsink adjacent to three compartment sink slow draining. instructed the person in charge to repair the leaking drainpipe and to repair it so that the sinks drain properly and maintain.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed food debris on floors throughout the rear prep area. instructed the person in charge to clean floors and maintain.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed damaged baseboards along walls underneath the three compartment sink in the rear warewashing area. instructed the person in charge to repair and maintain.

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Pass: No critical or serious violations found. Pass w/ Conditions: Critical or serious violations found and corrected during the inspection. Fail: Critical or serious violations not corrected during the inspection. Priority / Priority Foundation / Core: The city's severity levels under the 2017 Chicago Food Code; Priority is the most serious.

Chicago Department of Public Health: Vistas of Lincoln Park

• Jun 18, 2025 (license): Pass. No violations listed.

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Pass: No critical or serious violations found. Pass w/ Conditions: Critical or serious violations found and corrected during the inspection. Fail: Critical or serious violations not corrected during the inspection. Priority / Priority Foundation / Core: The city's severity levels under the 2017 Chicago Food Code; Priority is the most serious.

On the Illinois list of Medicaid providers. Listed as Vistas of Lincoln Park under Supportive Living Program (HFS). (state list, as of Sep 9, 2026)

Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.

How Medicaid pays for care in Illinois

• Supportive Living Program (SLP). The Supportive Living Program, run by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, is a service-enriched housing option for Medicaid-eligible people 65 and older, and adults 22 to 64 with physical disabilities, who would otherwise need nursing facility care. (state page)

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Avantara Lincoln Park, Chicago. 0.1 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Icg Home Health Care Services, Chicago. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Walgreens. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 60614 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Excel Renal Care Services, Chicago, 0.8 miles away, straight line
Fmc - West Willow, Chicago, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Lincoln Park Dialysis, Chicago, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)

Hospice

29 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60614.
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 4.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Unity Hospice Of Chicagoland, LLC, office in Chicago, 5.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Heart To Heart Hospice Corp, office in Schiller Park, 11.2 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago. 0.9 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.