Rafa's Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2026 →
• address4410 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629

Is Rafa's Chicken clean?

Rafa's Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 23, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Rafa's Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Rafa's Chicken last inspected?

Rafa's Chicken has 16 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Rafa's Chicken vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 78% clean across 170 tracked restaurants — 130 clean, 33 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 170 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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