Popeyes Chicken And Biscuits

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 22, 2026
• address4866-4868 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Popeyes Chicken And Biscuits clean?

Popeyes Chicken And Biscuits is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Popeyes Chicken And Biscuits?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE IS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE DISPENSER AND SODA NOZZLES NOT CLEAN TO SIGHT AND TOUCH. SODA DISPENSERS HAD HEAVY BUILD UP OF WHITE SUBSTANCE WHILE ICE MACHINE DISPENSER HAD BLACK BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • OBSERVED WORKING SPRAY BOTTLE WITH PURPLE CHEMICAL MISSING LABEL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL WORKING CONTAINERS OF POISONOUS OR TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE LABELED WITH COMMON NAME. MANAGER LABELED BOTTLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-015 CITATION ISSUED.
  Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • OBSERVED WORKING SPRAY BOTTLE WITH PURPLE CHEMICAL MISSING LABEL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL WORKING CONTAINERS OF POISONOUS OR TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE LABELED WITH COMMON NAME. MANAGER LABELED BOTTLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-015 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED MORE THAN 40 SMALL FLIES THROGHOUT FACILITY INCLUDING IN DISH AREA, REAR STORAGE, PREP AREA, AND IN DINING ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MINIMIZE SMALL FLY ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT FACILITY HEAVY SOIL AND DEBRIS ACCUMULATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Popeyes Chicken And Biscuits last inspected?

Popeyes Chicken And Biscuits has 31 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Popeyes Chicken And Biscuits 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 12% of them.

Other spots in Portage Park

• ✓ Patio Theatre
  clean · April 17, 2017
• ✓ Brown's Chicken & Pasta
  clean · November 21, 2011
• ✓ Central Kitchen And Tap
  clean · May 29, 2014
• ✓ Central Kitchen And Tap
  clean · April 27, 2011
• ✓ Duff's Dogs
  clean · August 12, 2015
• ✓ Mabuhay Grill
  clean · February 15, 2012

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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 June 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.