Chan's Garden Chinese Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 9, 2012
• address2825 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60623

Is Chan's Garden Chinese Restaurant clean?

Chan's Garden Chinese Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 9, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chan's Garden Chinese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 9, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES; MUST PROVIDE. OWNER HAS A CERTIFICATE FROM SERVE SAFE DATED SEPT. 2011 VERIFYING SHE TOOK THE EXAM THROUGH NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. INSTRUCTED THAT SHE MUST OBTAIN THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE. TRANSLATED THIS VIA PHONE TO OWNERS DAUGHTER.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST CLEAN INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, PREP TABLES, SHELVES AND WALK-IN COOLER SHSELVES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST CLEAN INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, PREP TABLES, SHELVES AND WALK-IN COOLER SHSELVES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING; PREP TABLE BOTTOMS, INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE AND DUST, VENTS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, SURFACE AREA AROUND WOKS, THREE COMP SINK, EXTERIRO OF RICE COOKER, EXTERIOR OF BULK CONTAINERS ON REAR PORCH/STOREAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT. REMOVE DUST FROM VENT FANS IN WASHROOMS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT. REMOVE DUST FROM VENT FANS IN WASHROOMS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • CLEAN MENS WASHHROOM SINK AND FLOOR.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • Between uses and during storage ice dispensing utensils and ice receptacles shall be stored in a way that protects them from contamination. INSTRUCTED ON PROPER USE AND STORAGE OF CLEANING CLOTHS. CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION DURING USE FOR BASIC CLEANING OF FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • Between uses and during storage ice dispensing utensils and ice receptacles shall be stored in a way that protects them from contamination. INSTRUCTED ON PROPER USE AND STORAGE OF CLEANING CLOTHS. CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION DURING USE FOR BASIC CLEANING OF FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.

When was Chan's Garden Chinese Restaurant last inspected?

Chan's Garden Chinese Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to April 29, 2010.

Chan's Garden Chinese Restaurant vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 9, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.