Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles

health inspection result · Grand Boulevard · Chicago
😇clean
  • resultPass
  • critical violations0
  • last inspectedJune 27, 2025 →
  • address3947 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Chicago 60653
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Is Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles clean?

Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

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

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

  • ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used
  • ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  • 🚿plumbing acting up
    Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  • 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
    Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  • ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

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

Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles has 14 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

June 27, 2025 Pass Complaint Re-Inspection · 5 failed findings

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June 20, 2025 Fail Complaint · 10 failed findings

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February 24, 2025 Pass Complaint · 3 failed findings

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September 10, 2024 Pass Complaint · 4 failed findings

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May 2, 2024 Pass Short Form Complaint · 0 failed findings

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April 16, 2024 Pass Canvass · 1 failed finding

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December 8, 2023 Pass Canvass · 4 failed findings

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June 17, 2022 Pass Complaint Re-Inspection · 2 failed findings

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June 9, 2022 Fail Complaint · 9 failed findings

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March 22, 2021 Pass Suspected Food Poisoning · 2 failed findings

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April 9, 2020 Pass Canvass Re-Inspection · 3 failed findings

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April 2, 2020 Fail Canvass · 6 failed findings

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Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 79% clean across 123 tracked restaurants — 96 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 123 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.

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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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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