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The Budlong Hot Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 25, 2023
- address4619 N Western Ave, Chicago 60625
Is The Budlong Hot Chicken clean?
The Budlong Hot Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 25, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Budlong Hot Chicken?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 25, 2023. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was The Budlong Hot Chicken last inspected?
The Budlong Hot Chicken has 16 inspections on record going back to February 27, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| January 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 22, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 24, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 5, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 28, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
The Budlong Hot Chicken vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 January 25, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.