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Chen's Garden
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2022
- address3912 W North Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Chen's Garden clean?
Chen's Garden is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chen's Garden?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 CLEAN THE WIRE STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, DEEP FRYERS EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR, WOK STATION, PREP TABLES, AND STORAGE SHELVES.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE WOK STATION AND DEEP FRYERS, BEHIND AND UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT. CLEAN THE WALL ABOVE THE WOK STATION, AROUND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND PREP TABLES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
When was Chen's Garden last inspected?
Chen's Garden has 16 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 27, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| January 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 4, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 13, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 20, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2015 | Fail | |
| August 21, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 25, 2013 | Pass |
Chen's Garden vs Humboldt Park
Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.
Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt 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 January 14, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.