Kentucky Fried Chicken

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2020
• address8307 S South Chicago Ave, Chicago 60617

Is Kentucky Fried Chicken clean?

Kentucky Fried Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Kentucky Fried Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • NOTED SOFT DRINK MACHINES AT DRIVE-THRU WINDOW AND LOBBY AREA BOTH IN NEED OF MINOR CLEANING OF SPILLAGE AND SODA RESIDUE BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPER STORED IN BUCKET DIRECTLY UNDER DUSTY PIPES AND WIRES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DUST AND ICE SCOOP STORAGE TO AVOID CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPER STORED IN BUCKET DIRECTLY UNDER DUSTY PIPES AND WIRES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DUST AND ICE SCOOP STORAGE TO AVOID CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPER FOR COLESLAW STORED DIRECTLY INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL UTENSILS BETWEEN USE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPER FOR COLESLAW STORED DIRECTLY INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL UTENSILS BETWEEN USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE BUILDUP ON THE PIPES AND SURROUNDING SURFACE AREAS LOCATED BEHIND ALL OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE FRYER UNITS. INSTRUCTED TO DEGREASE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED MEN'S URINAL UNABLE TO FLUSH. ADDITIONAL TOILET IN WORKING ORDER INSIDE OF THE MEN'S TOILET ROOM.

When was Kentucky Fried Chicken last inspected?

Kentucky Fried Chicken has 7 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2016.

Kentucky Fried Chicken vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 March 26, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.