Wendy's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 19, 2026
• address2053 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Wendy's clean?

Wendy's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 19, 2026. 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 March 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF FRIES STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE FRIES AT LEAST SIX INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SHELVING TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF FRIES STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE FRIES AT LEAST SIX INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SHELVING TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF REACH-IN FREEZER IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.

When was Wendy's last inspected?

Wendy's has 25 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Wendy's vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 32% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 293 clean, 67 mid, 556 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 March 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.