Wendy's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2025
• address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Wendy's clean?

Wendy's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Wendy's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE DOOR OF THE ICE MACHINE OUTSIDE DOOR AND INSIDE EDGE AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE HANDLE OF THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT BROKEN NOT ALLOWING DOOR TO FULLY CLOSE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WATER SPRATING FROM A LINE ABOVE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE WALL PANEL BEHIND THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK COMING LOOSE FROM THE WALL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT SERVICE AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING UNDER EQUIPMENT ALONG THE WALL AREAS...ALSO OBSERVED THE FLOOR DRAINS IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING IN THE REAR DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSECT ACTIVITY.

When was Wendy's last inspected?

Wendy's has 28 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Wendy's vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 39% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 138 clean, 28 mid, 190 cooked.

Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 64% 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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.