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Wendy's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 3, 2015
- address5456 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60656
Is Wendy's clean?
Wendy's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 3, 2015. 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 April 3, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN CORNERS BEHIND EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN CORNERS BEHIND EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
When was Wendy's last inspected?
Wendy's has 11 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| April 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2015 | Fail | |
| December 3, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 27, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2013 | Fail | |
| June 21, 2011 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 4, 2010 | Pass |
Wendy's vs Norwood Park
Norwood Park runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 April 3, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.