Avantara Lincoln Park

Kitchen inspections

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

Chicago Department of Public Health: Symphony of Lincoln Park

• May 15, 2025 (canvass): Pass w/ Conditions.
  3 violations

  • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: observed no paper towels at hand washing sink in women's staff toilet room near kitchen. must provide paper towels at hand sink at all times. priority foundation violation. 7-38-030(c). citation issued. employee replenished paper towels on site.
  • Proper cold holding temperatures (Priority). Inspector’s note: observed chicken salad at improper cold holding temperature at 45.9f inside of walk in cooler. also observed tcs foods such as deli meat, shredded cheese and yogurt at an improper cold holding temperature ranging from 44-46f. tcs foods must be held at 41f or below. food discarded. food weighing ...
  • Compliance with clean indoor air ordinance. Inspector’s note: observed burnt out cigarettes on floor inside of establishment leading to outside garbage area. no person shall smoke in any place of employment. 7-32-015. citation issued. employee sweeped up cigarettes and threw away during inspection.
• May 15, 2025 (canvass): Out of Business. No violations listed.
• May 5, 2025 (canvass): Pass.
  1 violation

  • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored & used. Inspector’s note: observed serving plates facing up in kitchen. instructed to store inverted.
• Jul 12, 2024 (canvass): Pass.
  5 violations

  • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible. Inspector’s note: observed no hand washing signs or posters near hand washing sinks in the employee washrooms. must provide a hand washing signs and maintain.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: must regrout floor in rear dishwashing area and maintain floor in a good repair.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed peeling on ceiling tiles above 3-compartment sink. also observed peeling paint on wall in the women's washroom. must repaint and maintain.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed dust and dirt build inside light shields covers above food storage shelving in rear food storage room and rear dishwashing room. must clean and maintain.
  • Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: observed dust build up on ceiling ventilation vents in the employee washrooms. must clen and maintain.
• Nov 6, 2023 (canvass): Pass.
  5 violations

  • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible. Inspector’s note: observed no handwashing signage at the exposed handsinks in the rear prep area. instructed the person in charge to provide handwashing signage for all handsinks used by food employees and maintain.
  • 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 ...
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed multiple holes in the ceiling in the rear trash compactor room. instructed the person in charge to repair holes and maintain in good repair smoothly.
  • Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: observed dust buildup on ceiling and wall vents in prep and storage areas. instructed the person in charge to clean all ceiling/wall vents 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: Avantara Lincoln Park

• May 15, 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.

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Avantara Lincoln Park says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.

• Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood. Secured Memory Care Unit (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Offers respite or short-term stays. Yes, we offer short-term and respite stay options for individuals seeking temporary care and support. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Provides transportation. Our facility assists in arranging transportation for residents to see their doctors. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room. PRIVATE AND SEMI-PRIVATE SUITES (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Little Sisters of the Poor, 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

Fmc - West Willow, Chicago, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Excel Renal Care Services, Chicago, 0.8 miles away, straight line
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, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Unity Hospice Of Chicagoland, LLC, office in Chicago, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Heart To Heart Hospice Corp, office in Schiller Park, 11.3 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago. 1.0 mile 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.

Emergency and natural hazard risk

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 relatively 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.

What we checked

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.