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Ban Po Chung
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 2, 2025
- address3450 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Ban Po Chung clean?
Ban Po Chung is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ban Po Chung?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • : 4-202.16--- MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13--- MUST NOT USE TINFOIL OR CARDBOARD AS LINER FOR SHELVING.----NOTED ALL SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN WITH DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----EXCESSIVE RUST ON METAL RACK SHELVING INSIDE THE TALL REACH-IN TWO DOOR COOLER NEXT TO THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THE ONE DOOR REACH-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE OR REMOVE RUST/RESURFACE.----MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD BOXES AS FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE COOLERS AND FREEZERS. MUST USE WASHABLE CONTAINERS.-----
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11--- FLOORS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH GREASE, FOOD DEBRIS AND DIRT: AROUND THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK GREASE TRAP, UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER ALL PREP TABLES. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.----WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE KITCHEN MUST REPLACE.
When was Ban Po Chung last inspected?
Ban Po Chung has 22 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| June 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2017 | Fail |
Ban Po Chung vs North Park
North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.