Wendy's

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CHLORINE DISH MACHINE NOT SANITIZING PROPERLY. OBSERVED CHLORINE SANITIZER TO BE 0 PPM FOR CHLORINE SANITIZING RINSE. DISH MACHINE IS CURRENTLY NOT IN USE AND OBSERVED FACILITY WASHING, RINSING, AND SANITIZING IN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO CONTINUE USING 3-COMP SINK TO WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZE ALL DISHES AND POTS AND PANS UNTIL MACHINE HAS BEEN SERVICED AND REPAIRED. PRIORITY VIOLATION, 7-38-025. DISH MACHINE TAGGED. FACILITY MUST CONTACT CDPH FOR RE-INSPECTION WHEN DISH MACHINE HAS BEEN REPARIED AND READING A PROPER PPM BETWEEN 50-100PPM.
  code 16
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: 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.
  code 39
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF REACH-IN FREEZER IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 5, 2025: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.