Popeyes Fried Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 12, 2022
• address5500 W North Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Popeyes Fried Chicken clean?

Popeyes Fried Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 12, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Popeyes Fried Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2022, 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 CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (CHICKEN AND MAC N CHEESE) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE INSIDE BOTH RESTROOMS. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED TWO FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE PREPARING FOOD.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED TWO FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE PREPARING FOOD.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND HEAVY ICE BUILD UP IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER BY THE CONDENSER. MUST DEFROST TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HAVE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.

When was Popeyes Fried Chicken last inspected?

Popeyes Fried Chicken has 23 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Popeyes Fried Chicken vs Austin

Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.

Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 17% of them.

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  clean · December 16, 2014
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  cooked · June 16, 2020
• ✓ Three D's Jerk Chicken
  clean · October 30, 2025
• ✓ Village Meat & Grocery
  clean · March 30, 2015
• ? Biondillo
  cooked · September 18, 2012
• ✓ Bargain Food
  clean · November 20, 2017

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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 12, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.