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Roost Chicken & Biscuits
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 18, 2024
- address494 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60654
Is Roost Chicken & Biscuits clean?
Roost Chicken & Biscuits is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 18, 2024. 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 Roost Chicken & Biscuits?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19: OBSERVED RUST ON THREE SHELVING UNITS IN WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST OR REPLACE SHELVING UNITS IN WALK IN FREEZER, NONFOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF CORROSION RESISTANT, NONABSORBENT AND SMOOTH MATERIAL.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13: NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING PROVIDED FOR EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATES.
When was Roost Chicken & Biscuits last inspected?
Roost Chicken & Biscuits has 13 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 2, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 28, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| August 18, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 6, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Roost Chicken & Biscuits vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 December 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.