Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 25, 2019
• address3947 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Chicago 60653

Is Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles clean?

Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 25, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 25, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE BEVERAGE AREA WHERE COFFEE AND TEA IS PREPARED; MUST INSTALL WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND HANDTOWELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SOME GASKETS ON THE REFRIGERATION UNIT DOORS IN NEED OF REPAIR; REPAIR OR REPLACE WHERE NEEDED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE BOTTOM AREA OF THE FRYERS, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS AND STOVE, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AROUND AND UNDER ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS IN HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS IN HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles last inspected?

Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles has 38 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

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  clean · June 25, 2015
• ✓ Babas Steak & Lemonade, Inc.
  clean · February 20, 2013
• ✓! New Happy Chop Suey
  mid · January 25, 2011
• ✕ Chicago Philly Steak
  cooked · May 5, 2010
• ✓ Kareem Mini-Mart
  clean · September 5, 2013
• ✓! Vegas Food & Liquor Inc
  mid · July 31, 2012

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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 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.