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Wendy's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 14, 2026
- address4901 W North Ave, Chicago 60639
Is Wendy's clean?
Wendy's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 14, 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 May 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WATER AT HANDSINK IN MAIN PREP AREA TO BE SLOW DRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO UNCLOG SINK AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. • OBSERVED DRAINPIPE LEAKING UNDER HAND WASHING SINK IN PREP AREA NEAR UPRIGHT FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAKING DRAINPIPE.
When was Wendy's last inspected?
Wendy's has 22 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 21, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2020 | Pass |
Wendy's vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.
Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 May 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.