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Wendy's
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 14, 2025
- address8645 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago 60617
Is Wendy's clean?
Wendy's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 14, 2025. 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 August 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • ALL CONTACT SURFACES IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING AFTER SEWER WATER BACK UP IN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • ALL DRINK NOZZLES IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAINContamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • ALL DRINK NOZZLES IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAK AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN NEED OF CORRECTING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • 2 SEWAR DRAINS IN MAIN PREP AREA WITH WASTE WATER COMING OUT. OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS CONTINUING FOOD PREP WHILE TRACKING SEWAGE THROUGHOUT PREP AND DINING AREA. DRAIN LINES MUST BE CORRECTED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF WASTE WATER PRESENT. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED PLUMBER ARRIVED AND CORRECTED DRAIN LINESSewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • 2 SEWAR DRAINS IN MAIN PREP AREA WITH WASTE WATER COMING OUT. OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS CONTINUING FOOD PREP WHILE TRACKING SEWAGE THROUGHOUT PREP AND DINING AREA. DRAIN LINES MUST BE CORRECTED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF WASTE WATER PRESENT. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED PLUMBER ARRIVED AND CORRECTED DRAIN LINES
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS, WATER AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Wendy's last inspected?
Wendy's has 31 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2023 | Fail |
Wendy's vs Avalon Park
Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.
Other spots in Avalon Park
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 August 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.