Chang's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 11, 2014
• address3718 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Chang's clean?

Chang's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Chang's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REACH IN FREEZER DINING AREA WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATED, MUST DEFROST AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REACH IN FREEZER DINING AREA WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATED, MUST DEFROST AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS, THRU-OUT THE KITCHEN, BASEMENT, BAR AREA AND DINING AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS, THRU-OUT THE KITCHEN, BASEMENT, BAR AREA AND DINING AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • SLOW DRAINING AT EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK AND LEAKING FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT NEEDS REPAIRED,
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CLUTTER FROM BASEMENT, KITCHEN, BAR AND STORAGE AREA, CLEAN AND BETTER ORGANIZE,

When was Chang's last inspected?

Chang's has 7 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2010.

Chang's vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 June 11, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.