Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYERS AND OTHER COOKING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING LEGS,WHEELS AND ATTACHED PIPING AND REMOVE EXTREME GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP. DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR SHELVES AMD MOTOR HOUSING OF ALL COOLERS. DETAIL CLEAN ALL PREP TABLES AND THE HOOD OVER COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST REGROUT TILE FLOORS IN DISH WASHING AREA TO PREVENT INSECT HARBORAGE. MUST ALSO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS BEHIND AND UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT,COOLERS,SHELVING UNITS,SINKS AND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND REMOVE EXCESSIVE GREASE AND OTHER FOOD DEBRIS. MUST INSTAL COVING IN WAIT STATION AREA WHERE MISSING. • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST SEAL OPENING IN FLOOR IN FURNACE ROOM TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: MUST REPAIR ALL BROKEN WALL TILES IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. MUST REPAIR AND PAINT WALLS IN WAIT STATION AREA WHERE NEEDED.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE MORE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR STORGE CLOSET STORING APRONS AND DRY GOODS.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 23, 2010: 4 findings recurred. 7 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Grand Boulevard

• ✓ Chicago Rib House
  cooked · 3851 S Michigan Ave · inspected June 25, 2015
• ✓ Babas Steak & Lemonade, Inc.
  cooked · 343 E Pershing Rd · inspected February 20, 2013
• ✓! New Happy Chop Suey
  cooked · 5044 S Cottage Grove Ave · inspected January 25, 2011
• ✕ Chicago Philly Steak
  cooked · 502 E 47Th St · inspected May 5, 2010
• ✓ Kareem Mini-Mart
  cooked · 100 E 47Th St · inspected September 5, 2013
• ✓! Vegas Food & Liquor Inc
  cooked · 330 E Pershing Rd · inspected July 31, 2012

See every restaurant in Grand Boulevard →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.