Popeye's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 1, 2011
• address2556 S California Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Popeye's clean?

Popeye's is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 1, 2011. 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?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 1, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. LABEL THE LARGE CONTAINERS HOLDING THE FLOUR ,SALT ECT.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. LABEL THE LARGE CONTAINERS HOLDING THE FLOUR ,SALT ECT.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. ICE BUILDUP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE REACHIN FREEZER WHERE THE CORN IS STORED. ALSO CLEAN THE FOOD STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE ICE BUILDUP AND CLEAN REACHIN FREEZER AND WALKIN COOLER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN THE FLOORS IN THE PREP AREA AND THE LOBBY HAS FOOD DEBRIS ON THEM.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN THE FLOORS IN THE PREP AREA AND THE LOBBY HAS FOOD DEBRIS ON THEM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. CLEAN THE VENTS THROUGHOUT PREMISES HAS DUST AND DIRT ON THEM.

When was Popeye's last inspected?

Popeye's has 6 inspections on record going back to April 1, 2010.

Popeye's vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, 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 June 1, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.