Wendy's

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF APPX. 25 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS IN LOWER SODA STATION CABINET ON OUTLET COVER,INSULATED PIPE.ALSO, EVIDENCE OF APPX. 50 OR MORE LIVE SMALL FLIES IN FLOOR DRAIN IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM,ON TOILET & CRAWLING ON FLOOR IN MEN'S TOILET ROOM AND UNDERNEATH SHELVING UNIT OF SODA STATION IN LOBBY MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS. RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 1/22/25.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) : MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM SERVICE COUNTER SHELVING UNITS,CONDIMENTS SHELVING UNITS,FRYER CABINETS,PREP COOLER,DRY FOOD & PAPER GOODS ROLLING RACKS,PREP COOLER UNDERNEATH PREPPING STATION,HOT HOLDING CORRALS,DISH RACKS,INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL EQUIPMENT,GARBAGE CAN CORRALS.DELIME DISH MACHINE. • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM WINDOW SILLS AND BOOTHS SEATS IN DINING AREA.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MUST GROUT WALL BASE AND FLOOR WHERE SODA MACHINE HAS BEEN REMOVED IN DINING AREA. • 6-201.13 : MUST GROUT FLOOR AT FRONT PREP AREA DUMPSINK,IN FRONT OF FRYERS. • MUST CLEAN SPLATTER FROM WALLS IN REAR MOP SINK AREA AND OUTSIDE OF TOILET ROOMS.DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTS OVER 2- COMP SINK. • 6-501.13 Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE FOOD AND DEBRIS BUILD UP ON FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES IN FRONT DRIVE -THRU,COOKING EQUIPMENT,2- COMP FLOOR DRAIN,WALK IN FREEZER. • 6-201.11 : MUST CLEAN DUST BUILD UP FROM UPPER WALLS AT FRONT DRIVE-THRU,GREASE BUILD UP FROM BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  code 55
• ⚠️Miscellaneous / Public Health Orders
  Inspector note: 7-38-060 Default beverage for children's meals. : OBSERVED DEFAULT BEVERAGE OFFERED FOR SALE ON KIDS MENU OF CHOCOLATE MILK AT 140 CALORIES NEEDS TO BE 130 CALORIES OR LESS.MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 64

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 17, 2024: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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