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Best Choice Oriental Grocery
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 3, 2025
- address2403 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Best Choice Oriental Grocery clean?
Best Choice Oriental Grocery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Best Choice Oriental Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED MISSING HAND WASH SIGNAGE AT REAR MEAT COUNTER HANDWASH SINK. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE AND PROTECT FOOD ITEMS FROM CONTAMINATION WHILE STORED BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE AND PROTECT FOOD ITEMS FROM CONTAMINATION WHILE STORED BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS IN VEGETABLE PREP ROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS IN VEGETABLE PREP ROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED VENTILATION FILTERS WITH HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED VENTILATION FILTERS WITH HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Best Choice Oriental Grocery last inspected?
Best Choice Oriental Grocery has 14 inspections on record going back to January 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2014 | Fail | |
| September 4, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 19, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 28, 2012 | Fail | |
| January 26, 2011 | Pass | |
| January 19, 2011 | Fail |
Best Choice Oriental Grocery vs Armour Square
Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.
Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 December 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.