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Whale Fish & Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 22, 2020
- address5650 W Division St, Chicago 60651
Is Whale Fish & Chicken clean?
Whale Fish & Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 22, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Whale Fish & Chicken?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on June 22, 2020. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Whale Fish & Chicken last inspected?
Whale Fish & Chicken has 9 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 10, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| June 22, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2020 | Fail | |
| September 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 24, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 21, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 8, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2016 | Fail |
Whale Fish & Chicken vs Austin
Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.
Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, 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 June 22, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.