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China Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 10, 2024
- address4818 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60640
Is China Cafe clean?
China Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 10, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at China Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was China Cafe last inspected?
China Cafe has 23 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| April 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 30, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 25, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 9, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 19, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
China Cafe vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 April 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.