Whale Fish & Chicken

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 5, 2022
• 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 August 5, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Whale Fish & Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR OF THE WALK IN UNIT WITH A BUILD UP OF FOOD SPILLS AND STAINS ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IN THE FRONT WHERE THE FLOUR IS STORED, THE REAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AREA, THE REAR STORAGE AREA BY THE OIL FILTERING UNIT UNDER AND AROUND ALL COOKING AND NON COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND INSECT HARBORING.

When was Whale Fish & Chicken last inspected?

Whale Fish & Chicken has 9 inspections on record going back to September 10, 2020.

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 August 5, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.