Mama's Fried Chicken

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 23, 2024
• address3857 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60624

Is Mama's Fried Chicken clean?

Mama's Fried Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 23, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mama's Fried Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE ON HANDSINKS THROUGHOUT PREMISE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSEVED FRONT DOOR OF FACILITY NOT RODENT PROOF. INSTRUCTED TO ENCLOSE GAP IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED 2 DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT AS WELL AS ALL PREP TABLE SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT WITH EXCESSIVE DRIED DEBRIS ON SURFACES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED TOILET ROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED TOILET ROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED PREP FLOORS UNDERNEATH ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. • OBSERVED LARGE HOLE UNDERNEATH BASEBOARD IN ROOM OF REAR FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO ENCLOSE
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING ON SITE FOR REVIEW. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND AMINTAIN ON SITE FOR REVIEW.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING ON SITE FOR REVIEW. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND AMINTAIN ON SITE FOR REVIEW.

When was Mama's Fried Chicken last inspected?

Mama's Fried Chicken has 4 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2023.

Mama's Fried Chicken vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.