Popeye's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π.
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result β no violations of any severity were recorded.
Popeye's has 25 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 30, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2023 | Pass |
New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants β 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.
Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 39% of them.
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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.