Dave's Hot Chicken

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 3, 2025
• address3643 N Western Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Dave's Hot Chicken clean?

Dave's Hot Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dave's Hot Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED PEST CONTROL DEVICES PLACED DIRECTLY ABOVE CLEAN EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE OR RELOCATE PEST CONTROL DEVICES SUCH THAT THEY DO NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, CLEAN EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SEVERAL OPEN BOXES OF GLOVES STORED ON PREP TABLE DIRECTLY NEXT TO DEEP FRYERS AND EXPOSED TO SPLASH AND SPILLAGE IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE OPEN BOXES OF GLOVES AND STORE ALL SINGLE-USE ARTICLES SUCH THAT THEY ARE NOT EXPOSED TO SPLASH OR SPILLAGE AND MAINTAIN.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SEVERAL OPEN BOXES OF GLOVES STORED ON PREP TABLE DIRECTLY NEXT TO DEEP FRYERS AND EXPOSED TO SPLASH AND SPILLAGE IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE OPEN BOXES OF GLOVES AND STORE ALL SINGLE-USE ARTICLES SUCH THAT THEY ARE NOT EXPOSED TO SPLASH OR SPILLAGE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED DRAIN PLUG IN CENTER BASIN (RINSE BASIN) OF 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE WAREWASHING AREA IN POOR REPAIR, BUT FUNCTIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE CENTER BASIN DRAIN PLUG AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN GOOD REPAIR.

When was Dave's Hot Chicken last inspected?

Dave's Hot Chicken has 6 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2021.

Dave's Hot Chicken vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 December 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.