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Popeye's Fried Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2020
- address300 E 35Th St, Chicago 60616
Is Popeye's Fried Chicken clean?
Popeye's Fried Chicken is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 19, 2020. 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 Fried Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE HAS A PINK COLORED SUBSTANCE ON THE WHITE PANEL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE. MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND THE MOP NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE HANGING UP FOR PROPER DRYING WHEN NOT IN USE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST TAKE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING COURSE AND PROVIDE PROOF COURSE WAS TAKEN. INSTRUCTED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT.
When was Popeye's Fried Chicken last inspected?
Popeye's Fried Chicken has 19 inspections on record going back to July 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| March 19, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 17, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2014 | Pass |
Popeye's Fried Chicken vs Douglas
Douglas runs 34% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 39 clean, 9 mid, 67 cooked.
Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Douglas, 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 March 19, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.