Chicago's Home Of Chicken & Waffles

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 27, 2025
• 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 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 • 3-501.13 OBSERVED TUBS CONTAINING RAW FROZEN FISH STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP/DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND THAW FISH UNDER REFRIGERATION OR CONTINUOUS WATER IN PREP SINK.MUST MAINTAIN
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13 OBSERVED TUBS CONTAINING RAW FROZEN FISH STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP/DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND THAW FISH UNDER REFRIGERATION OR CONTINUOUS WATER IN PREP SINK.MUST MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12 OBSERVED LARGE CONTAINERS CONTAINING FISH, MIXED SEASONINGS, BOXES OF GREENS AND PREPPPED GREENS IN POTS STORED ON FLOORS IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUJCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING. STORING FOOD ON FLOOR IS PROHIBITED IN ORDER TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12 OBSERVED LARGE CONTAINERS CONTAINING FISH, MIXED SEASONINGS, BOXES OF GREENS AND PREPPPED GREENS IN POTS STORED ON FLOORS IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUJCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING. STORING FOOD ON FLOOR IS PROHIBITED IN ORDER TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • -601.11(B) OBSERVED ALL PREP TABLES, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACE OF COOLING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE RACKS, BEVERAGE DISPENSERS, HOT HOLDING UNITS (STEAM TABLE AND ALL HEAVY FRYING EQUIPMENT LOCATED IN PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND HEAVY GREASE BUILDUP AND MAINTAIN CLEAN EQUIPMENT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 OBSERVED FLOORS AND WALL TILES (ATTACHMENTS) THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREAS WITH BROKEN, DAMAGED TILES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THAT ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14 OUT C 09/20/2025 OBSERVED VENTILATION HOOD WITH EXCESSIVE BUILT-UP THICK LAYERS OF DRIPPING GREASE BUILDUP ON GRATES AND SURROUNDING SURFACES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VENT CLEANING SERVICES AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14 OUT C 09/20/2025 OBSERVED VENTILATION HOOD WITH EXCESSIVE BUILT-UP THICK LAYERS OF DRIPPING GREASE BUILDUP ON GRATES AND SURROUNDING SURFACES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VENT CLEANING SERVICES AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.

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.

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 35% 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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.