Chicago's Chicken Coop

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 6, 2025
• address3300 W 87Th St, Chicago 60652

Is Chicago's Chicken Coop clean?

Chicago's Chicken Coop is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Chicago's Chicken Coop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HAND DRYING PROVISION AT HANDWASH SINK IN PREP AREA AND REAR DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED SEVERAL LARGE FLIES AND SMALL FLIES IN THE REAR FOOD SERVICE AREA, AT THE DISH WASHING AREA. AT THE GREASE FILTERING AREA AND AT THE FRONT FOOD SERVICE AREA WHERE THE LARGE WHITE CONTAINERS ARE. APPORX 15-20. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020 (B) CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SEVERAL CASES OF CHICKEN SITTING ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT. INSTRUCTED ITEMS MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR AT LEAST SIX INCHES AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF PRODUCT.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SEVERAL CASES OF CHICKEN SITTING ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT. INSTRUCTED ITEMS MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR AT LEAST SIX INCHES AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF PRODUCT.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE DOORS OF THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT AND THE WALK IN FREEZER UNIT IN NEED OF A DETAILED CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE SHELVING INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT WHERE CHICKEN, FISH, SHRIMP AND OTHER ITEMS ARE STORED BADLY RUSTING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS STORED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, REAR DISH WASHING AREA, DEEP FRYING AREA BEHIND EQUIPMENT AND UNDER SHELVING IN NEED OF DETAILED CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.

When was Chicago's Chicken Coop last inspected?

Chicago's Chicken Coop has 6 inspections on record going back to March 28, 2018.

Chicago's Chicken Coop vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 October 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.