Kentucky Fried Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 31, 2015
• address4756 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632

Is Kentucky Fried Chicken clean?

Kentucky Fried Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 31, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Kentucky Fried Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 31, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED INDIVIDUAL CONTAINERS AND LARGE CONTAINERS OF COOKED MASHED POTATOES AT IMPROPER HOLDING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 122F-126F IN HOT HOLDING UNIT. ALL PRODUCT VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 6LBS, $20 VALUE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A CRITICAL
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • WORN CAULKING WITH BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE AT WALL AND BASE OF 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. REPLACE SAME. UNUSED PREP COOLER ON SITE. REPAIR OR REMOVE AND REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • WORN CAULKING WITH BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE AT WALL AND BASE OF 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. REPLACE SAME. UNUSED PREP COOLER ON SITE. REPAIR OR REMOVE AND REPLACE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, BEHIND ICE MACHINE, AND ALONG WALLBASE UNDER WIRE RACKS IN STORAGE AREA NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE DEBRIS ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN. RE GROUT FLOOR TILES IN REAR. MISSING COVER FOR NON ACTIVE FLOOR/PIPE DRAIN BEHIND ICE MACHINE, CAUSING EXCESSIVE DEBRIS. INSTD TO PROPER COVER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, BEHIND ICE MACHINE, AND ALONG WALLBASE UNDER WIRE RACKS IN STORAGE AREA NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE DEBRIS ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN. RE GROUT FLOOR TILES IN REAR. MISSING COVER FOR NON ACTIVE FLOOR/PIPE DRAIN BEHIND ICE MACHINE, CAUSING EXCESSIVE DEBRIS. INSTD TO PROPER COVER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAINED LIGHTSHIELDS THROUGH OUT. REPLACE SAME AND MAINTAIN. WALLBASE THROUGH OUT PREMISES NEED REPLACING, WORN SURFACES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAINED LIGHTSHIELDS THROUGH OUT. REPLACE SAME AND MAINTAIN. WALLBASE THROUGH OUT PREMISES NEED REPLACING, WORN SURFACES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET LEAKING. REPAIR SAME. UTILITY SINK BASIN IN POOR REPAIR, MISSING TILES CAUSING STANDING WATER. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME. NO BACKFLOW DEVICE AT UTILITY SINK FAUCET. PROVIDE SAME.

When was Kentucky Fried Chicken last inspected?

Kentucky Fried Chicken has 9 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2011.

Kentucky Fried Chicken vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 August 31, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.