Big Chicks

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 16, 2026 →
• address5024 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60640

Is Big Chicks clean?

Big Chicks is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 16, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Big Chicks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Big Chicks last inspected?

Big Chicks has 19 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Big Chicks vs Uptown

Uptown runs 80% clean across 339 tracked restaurants — 268 clean, 60 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 339 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.

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• ? Trung Viet Co Inc
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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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