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Popeyes Chicken
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 9, 2016
- address17 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60603
Is Popeyes Chicken clean?
Popeyes Chicken is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 9, 2016. 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 Popeyes Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 9, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalHands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES AMONG FOOD HANDLERS, OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLERS WAHING HIS HANDS IN THE SOAPY GREASY WATER IN THE WASH TUB OF 3-COMP SINK AND DRYING HANDS IN A SOILED CLOTH TOWEL. INSTRUCTED MGR TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS WASH HANDS AT THE DESIGNATED HAND SINK USING SOAP AND DISPOSABLE TOWELS. CRITICAL CITAION ISSUED 7-38-010.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN UNDER DEEP FRYERS AND BREADING STATION, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN UNDER DEEP FRYERS AND BREADING STATION, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Popeyes Chicken last inspected?
Popeyes Chicken has 16 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| May 9, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 7, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 9, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2012 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2012 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2012 | Pass |
Popeyes Chicken vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 May 9, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.