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Kfc
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 26, 2026
- address3536-3538 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60641
Is Kfc clean?
Kfc is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kfc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
When was Kfc last inspected?
Kfc has 25 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 7, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 11, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 4, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 26, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2017 | Pass |
Kfc vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 January 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.