Windy City Poultry

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 5, 2021
• address1823 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608
• cuisinePoultry Slaughter

Is Windy City Poultry clean?

Windy City Poultry is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 5, 2021. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Windy City Poultry?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 5, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MAINTAIN A LID ON LIVE CHICKEN AND RABBIT FOOD TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MAINTAIN A LID ON LIVE CHICKEN AND RABBIT FOOD TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SEVERAL RUSTY CAGES IN REAR HOLDING AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE RUST AND/OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN CAGES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL WALLS, CEILING TILES, LIGHT SHIELDS AND AIR VENT COVERS TO REMOVE HEAVY DEBRIS. • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES IN THE REAR CHICKEN STORAGE AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. ALSO REPLACE DAMAGED/ WATER STAINED CEILING TILES WERE EVER NEEDED. • OBSERVED DIRTY FLOORS THROUGH OUT THE REAR STORAGE AREAS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZING.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN BETTER LIGHTING IN THE REAR CHICKEN STORAGE AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN BETTER LIGHTING IN THE REAR CHICKEN STORAGE AREA.

When was Windy City Poultry last inspected?

Windy City Poultry has 5 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2019.

Windy City Poultry vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 48% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 553 clean, 95 mid, 494 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 5, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.