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Wendy's
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 23, 2026
- address2312 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60614
Is Wendy's clean?
Wendy's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Wendy's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • NOTED THE CHLORINE CHEMICAL DISHWASHING MACHINE NOT DISPENSING SANITIZER. O PPM CHLORINE NOTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. NO DISHES BEING WASHED AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND PROPERLY DISPENSING CHLORINE SANITIZER AND C.D.P.H CONTACTED FOR RE-INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL. INSTRUCTED TO USE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE. PRIORITY VIOLATION.
When was Wendy's last inspected?
Wendy's has 17 inspections on record going back to September 25, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 2, 2019 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2018 | Fail |
Wendy's vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.