Bamboo Garden

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 29, 2025
• address3203 N Clark St, Chicago 60657

Is Bamboo Garden clean?

Bamboo Garden is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 29, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bamboo Garden?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED THE SCOOPS STORED THROUGHOUT FACILITY TO BE STORED WITH HANDLES IN CONTACT WITH ITEMS STORED IN DRY STORAGE BINS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS SO THAT HANDLES ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH FOOD IN BETWEEN USE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED THE SCOOPS STORED THROUGHOUT FACILITY TO BE STORED WITH HANDLES IN CONTACT WITH ITEMS STORED IN DRY STORAGE BINS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS SO THAT HANDLES ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH FOOD IN BETWEEN USE.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS STORED ON CENTER PREP TABLE WITH FOOD CONTACT SURFACES EXPOSED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS TO PROTECT AGAINST POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS STORED ON CENTER PREP TABLE WITH FOOD CONTACT SURFACES EXPOSED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS TO PROTECT AGAINST POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR BELOW THE WOK COOKING AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE TO BE SOILED WITH BUILD UP GREASE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR AND MAINTAIN FREE OF EXCESSIVE GREASE BUILD UP ON SURFACES.

When was Bamboo Garden last inspected?

Bamboo Garden has 23 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bamboo Garden vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

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  mid · August 10, 2018
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  clean · January 29, 2016
• ✓ Baladoche
  clean · June 10, 2010
• ✓ The Hearty Boys Caterers
  clean · April 7, 2015
• ? Memory Of Bangkok
  cooked · October 15, 2013
• ? Reflections
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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 May 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.