Wendy's

8645 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617

Passed · Aug 14, 2025 Directions
78
Fair BiteKarma score 78 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 13 of 22 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Aug 14, 2025: passed with 6 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 17 times, plus 15 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 22 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Aug 14

    Complaint

    6 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Sewage and wastewater properly disposed
  3. Passed Jul 2

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    4 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
  4. Failed Jun 25

    Canvass

    5 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
  5. 2024
  6. Perfect Apr 11

    Complaint Re-Inspection

    No violations

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