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The Budlong Hot Chicken
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 27, 2020
- address222 W Merchandise Mart Plz, Chicago 60654
Is The Budlong Hot Chicken clean?
The Budlong Hot Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 27, 2020. 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 The Budlong Hot Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIIFICATED POSTED ON SITE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AN EMPLOYEE ON SITE HOLDING A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE AT ALL TIMES WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED PERSON IN CHARGE WITH NO ALLERGY TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING A CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLETE ALLERGY TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
When was The Budlong Hot Chicken last inspected?
The Budlong Hot Chicken has 7 inspections on record going back to March 27, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 27, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| February 27, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 31, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2018 | Fail | |
| April 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2018 | — |
The Budlong Hot Chicken vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 February 27, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.