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Popeye's
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 23, 2022
- address6321 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659
Is Popeye's clean?
Popeye's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 23, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Popeye's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINK LOCATED BEHIND THE MAIN SERVICE LINE. ALSO OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN THE REAR KITCHEN PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DIRT ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES ESPECIALLY ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT WITH DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN , SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Popeye's last inspected?
Popeye's has 14 inspections on record going back to October 2, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| May 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 30, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 24, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 13, 2016 | Fail |
Popeye's vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 23, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.