Chen's Chinese Express

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 19, 2011
• address201 N Clark St, Chicago 60601

Is Chen's Chinese Express clean?

Chen's Chinese Express is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 19, 2011. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Chen's Chinese Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️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. BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN KITCHEN AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  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. BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN KITCHEN AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• ⚠️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. A HOLE IN THE WALL OF THE KITCHEN, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.
  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. A HOLE IN THE WALL OF THE KITCHEN, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. BROKEN DRAIN PIPE AT THE FREEZER COOLING UNIT, ICE BUILD UP ON THE FLOOR OF WALK-IN FREEZER.

When was Chen's Chinese Express last inspected?

Chen's Chinese Express has 3 inspections on record going back to September 22, 2010.

Chen's Chinese Express vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 May 19, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.