Kennedy Fish & Chicken

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT THE HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR ADEQUATE SUPPLIES ON SITE TO PROPERLY RESPOND TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-202.15 OBSERVED THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR OPENED WITHOUT PROPER SCREENING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SCREENING TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY OR MAINTAIN THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR CLOSED AT ALL TIMES.
  code 38
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: 2-402.11 OBSERVED ONE MALE FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT A PROPER HAIR RESTAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES.
  code 40
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED THE INTERIORS OF THE FRYERS WITH EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.12 OBSERVED THE FLOORS UNDER THE FRYERS WITH EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE REACH IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL.
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE MALE FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 26, 2025: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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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.

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