China Chef

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 9, 2025
• address4600 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60641

Is China Chef clean?

China Chef is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at China Chef?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED ONLY 1 WORKING SINK STOPPER ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR ALL COMPARMTENTS OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK TO FACILITATE DISHWASHING.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED ONLY 1 WORKING SINK STOPPER ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR ALL COMPARMTENTS OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK TO FACILITATE DISHWASHING.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SLIGHT LEAK COMING FROM FAUCET OF UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED 1 OF 3 EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED 1 OF 3 EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. SEE COMMENTS.

When was China Chef last inspected?

China Chef has 9 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2021.

China Chef vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.

Other spots in Hermosa

• ✓ Costa Alegre
  clean · December 8, 2022
• ✓ Ray's Grocery And Tobacco
  clean · June 9, 2021
• ✓! Bb's A Place To Eat
  mid · June 29, 2021
• ✓ Belmont Mart
  clean · July 7, 2021
• ✓! Moonwalker Cafe
  mid · January 14, 2026
• ✓ Sugar Moon
  clean · July 3, 2025

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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 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.