Bigying

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 7, 2024
• address2121 S China Pl, Chicago 60616

Is Bigying clean?

Bigying is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 7, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bigying?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 7, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11: OBSERVED NO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA CLEAN-UP KIT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE FOOD PREP/ DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED PURELL FOODSERVICE SURFACE SANITIZER ON SITE FOR SANITIZING DISHWARE. PRODUCT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR DISHWASHING. ALSO, WAS UNABLE TO CHECK CONCENTRATION STRENGTH WITH TEST STRIPS. MANAGER PROVIDED CHLROINE BASED SANITIZER FOR DISHWASHING AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-402.12: OBSERVED BOXES CLUTTERED AGAINST THE WALL WITH THE WINDOW IN THE STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE AND ORGANIZE SAID ROOM AND MAINTAIN.

When was Bigying last inspected?

Bigying has 3 inspections on record going back to February 28, 2024.

Bigying 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 9% 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 March 7, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.