Chen's Chinese Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 11, 2015
• address2558 S Springfield Ave, Chicago 60623

Is Chen's Chinese Restaurant clean?

Chen's Chinese Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 11, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Chen's Chinese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 11, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES AROUND COOKING WOKS, CLEAN SHELVES INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER, CLEAN FAN COVERS INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED AND CLEAN VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS IN CORNER AREAS OF KITCHEN UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT, SINK AND SHELVES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS IN CORNER AREAS OF KITCHEN UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT, SINK AND SHELVES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO VENTILATION FAN OR WINDOW INSIDE OF WASHROOM TO ABSORB ODORS; MUST INSTALL A VENTILATION FAN INSIDE OF WASHROOM.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • SOME UNNECESSARY CLUTTER IN CORNER AREA BY THE THREE COMP SINK AND REAR OF KITCHEN IN STORAGE; REMOVE UNNECESSARY ITEMS.

When was Chen's Chinese Restaurant last inspected?

Chen's Chinese Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2010.

Chen's Chinese Restaurant vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 February 11, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.