Ken's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 21, 2025
• address10522 S Western Ave, Chicago 60643

Is Ken's clean?

Ken's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ken's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED SMALL HOLE BETWEEN WALL AND FLOOR OF THE WALK IN CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL TO AVOID POSSIBLE INSECT OR PEST ENTRY.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE WALK IN CLOSET AREA WITH A BUILD UP OF ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE HARBORING SPACE FOR INSECTS AND OR RODENTS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA WITH A BUILD UP OF GREASE ALONG THE SIDES AND UNDER SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALL AREAS IN THE KITCHEN WITH POSSIBLE FOOD SPLATTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Ken's last inspected?

Ken's has 26 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ken's vs Beverly

Beverly runs 68% clean across 177 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 34 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 177 spots Cooked tracks in Beverly, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in Beverly

• ? Ken's Lounge & Rest
  cooked · June 8, 2012
• ✓ Fontano's Subs
  clean · January 26, 2015
• ✓! Kentucky Fried Chicken
  mid · December 4, 2018
• ✓ Janson's Drive In
  clean · October 21, 2011
• ? Beverly Hills Food Inc
  cooked · June 2, 2014
• ✓ Cvs Pharmacy
  clean · August 3, 2022

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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 August 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.