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Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2019
- address7601-7635 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60620
Is Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits clean?
Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 24, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY WHERE ALL FOOD/CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO REPORT ANY ILLNESSES THAT'S TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • FOUND WIPING CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE) WHEN NOT IN USE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FRYERS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE FLOOR DRAINS UNDER THE SINKS IN THE REAR AND THE FLOORS UNDER/AROUND THE FRYERS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND IN THE CORNERS WITH EXCESS FOOD, GREASE, DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS AND FLOORS THROUGH OUT. -THE WALLS AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SINKS WITH FOOD AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits last inspected?
Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits has 11 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| July 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 21, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 25, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2012 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2012 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 1, 2011 | Pass |
Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits vs Auburn Gresham
Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.
Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 July 24, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.