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WENDY'S PROPERTIES, LLC

6324 N WESTERN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60659 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

WENDY'S PROPERTIES, LLC has been inspected 18 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since October 14, 2016. The most recent inspection, on March 18, 2026, found no infractions.

5 of 18 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 0 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Handwashing and staff hygiene and Protecting food from contamination.

The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 6 times across 6 separate inspections, most recently on April 7, 2025. For example: NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on January 12, 2021. For example: ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on June 11, 2024. For example: CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

  • Food source, labelling and allergensHigher risk

    Food must come from approved suppliers, stay in labelled containers and be thrown out when it is spoiled or damaged, such as dented or swollen cans. Labelling matters for allergies: an unlabelled container can hide an allergen.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on September 24, 2018. For example: PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION

  • Food temperature controlHigher risk

    Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.

    Recorded once on January 2, 2018. For example: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

18 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass

    2 infractions

    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON REAR OF WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP ON WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND DISHMACHINE/EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE. MUST CLEAN WALLS AND EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
  3. Short Form Complaint

    0 infractions

  4. Complaint

    5 infractions

    • 43. IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED
      • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED AT AN OPEN ATTACHED UNIT TO THE EXTERIOR SIDE OF ICE MACHINE.INSTRUCTED ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED AN ENCLOSED CLEAN CONTAINER BETWEEN USE.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • ICE AROUND CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER(IN PREP AREA) AND WALK-IN COOLER AT REAR STORAGE AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ISSUE.
    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • LEAKING PIPE BEHIND ICE MACHINE UNIT AND FAUCET AT EAST THREE COMPARTMEN SINK IN DISHEROOM.REPAIR ISSUE
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • KEEP FLOOR DRY AROUND ICE MACHINE
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  5. Canvass

    7 infractions

    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • BROKEN SPLASH GUARD AT HANDWASHING SINK BY PREP TABLE,REPAIR ISSUE SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
    • 43. IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED
      • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED AT AN OPEN ATTACHED UNIT TO THE EXTERIOR SIDE OF ICE MACHINE.INSTRUCTED ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED AN ENCLOSED CLEAN CONTAINER BETWEEN USE.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • ICE AROUND CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER(IN PREP AREA) AND WALK-IN COOLER AT REAR STORAGE AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ISSUE.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • DELIME AND CLEAN ALL INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE DISH MACHINE.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • LEAKING PIPE BEHIND ICE MACHINE UNIT AND FAUCET AT EAST THREE COMPARTMEN SINK IN DISHEROOM.REPAIR ISSUE
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • KEEP FLOOR DRY AROUND ICE MACHINE
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  6. Canvass Re-Inspection

    1 infraction

    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • FOUND SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.
  7. Canvass

    2 infractions

    • 54. GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
      • FOUND OUTSIDE DUMPSTER WITH MISSING LID.PRIORITY FOUNDATION.CITATION ISSUED.7-38-020B.MUST PROVIDE.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • FOUND SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.
  8. Canvass

    2 infractions

    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • OBSERVED SLOW DRAINING HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN THE REAR KITCHEN PREPARATION AREA NEAR REAR DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED DIRTY FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA, UNDER PREP TABLES AND COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  9. Complaint Re-Inspection

    2 infractions

    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-602.13 CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE FREEZERS, DEEP FRYERS, MICROWAVE, HOT HOLDING UNITS, FRY STATION, DRIVE THRU BEVERAGE COOLER, CONDIMENT PREP COOLER AND SALAD COOLER.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-501.12 CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE WALL BEHIND THE DEEP FRYERS.
  10. Complaint

    3 infractions

    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE FREEZERS, DEEP FRYERS, MICROWAVE, HOT HOLDING UNITS, FRY STATION, DRIVE THRU BEVERAGE COOLER, CONDIMENT PREP COOLER AND SALAD COOLER.
    • 54. GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
      • OBSERVED GARBAGE AND RECYCLING BOXES OVERFLOWING OVER THE TOP OF THE GARBAGE AND RECYCLING DUMPSTERS SO THAT THE LIDS COULD NOT BE CLOSED. ALSO OBSERVED GARBAGE AND LITTER ON THE GROUND AROUND THE GARBAGE DUMPSTERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE GARBAGE PICKUP SO THAT THE GARBAGE DOES NOT OVERFLOW THE DUMPSTERS AND TO MAINTAIN THE OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA CLEAN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(B). CITATION ISSUED.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE FLOOR BENEATH THE DEEP FRYERS. CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE WALL BEHIND THE DEEP FRYERS.
  11. Canvass

    3 infractions

    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE MISSING IN MEN'S BATHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP INSIDE OF COOKING FRYERS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED DIRTY FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA, UNDER PREP TABLES AND COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  12. Canvass

    0 infractions

  13. Canvass

    5 infractions

    • 40. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
      • OBSERVED THAT EMPLOYEE WORE UNPROVED JEWELRY WHILE WORKING WITH EXPOSED FOOD.MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN CLEAN HANDS
    • 44. UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED
      • AFTER WASHING MUST STORED TRAYS TO DRY AND TO DRAIN WATER.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • MUST REPAIR WALK IN FREEZER DOOR THAT ARE NOT CLOSING PROPERLY DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON DOOR FRAME.
    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE . MUST INSTALL SO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES OR AIR GAP BETWEEN THE WATER SUPPLY INLET AND THE UNIT SO IT MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND AROUND MOP AREA SINK
  14. Suspected Food Poisoning

    11 infractions

    • 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING
      • 2-102.14(N) NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • 2-501.11 NO WRITTEN CLEANING PROCEDURE FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE.
    • 6. PROPER EATING, TASTING, DRINKING, OR TOBACCO USE
      • 2-401.11 OBSERVED EMPLOYEES OPEN DRINKING CUP IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MANAGEMENT REMOVED.
    • 23. PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION
      • 3-501.17 ALL PREPARED FOODS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH PRODUCT NAME, PREPARATION AND EXPIRATION DATES.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • 3-307.11 MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE REAR PREP HAND WASHING SINK BETWEEN THE SINK AND THE POTATO PREP STATION.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • 4-101.19 ALL STORED EMPLOYEE ITEMS IN THE FRONT STORAGE CLOSET MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS 6" OR ABOVE AND LEAVE FLOORS ACCESSIBLE FOR CLEANING AND MONITORING.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-601.11(B) INTERIOR OF THE TALL REACH-IN FREEZER WITH EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-201.11 EXCESSIVE POOLING WATER UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN DRY. FOOD SPILLAGE ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-501.113 DIRTY MOP HEADS MUST BE STORED INVERTED AND ALL OTHER CLEANING TOOLS STORED PROPERLY IN MOP ROOM.
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • 2-102.13 NO PROOF OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATES OR APPROVAL FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS FROM IDPH. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. MUST PROVIDE.
  15. Canvass

    3 infractions

    • 3. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE
      • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CHILI BEING HELD AT AN IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 129.2F IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT. APPROXIMATELY 5 LBS WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $100.00 DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
    • 30. FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED
      • ALL READY TO EAT PREPARED FOODS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED WITH PRODUCT NAME.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • PLUMBING ALONG THE WALL NEXT TO THE MOP SINK AND CHEMICAL STORAGE WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND DUCT TAPE. MUST NOT REPAIR ANY PLUMBING WITH DUCT TAPE OR BUBBLE WRAP. MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE MATERIALS.
  16. Complaint

    2 infractions

    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR DRAIN UNDERNEATH THE 2 COMPARTMENT SINK.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • NOTED NO SPLASH GUARD AT THE HAND WASH SINK BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD.
  17. License

    0 infractions

  18. License

    0 infractions

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