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China Dragon Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 9, 2023
- address1737 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
Is China Dragon Restaurant clean?
China Dragon Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 9, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at China Dragon Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 9, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-903.11 (A;B;D) FOUND SINGLE-USE FOOD CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY UNDER THE SEWER LINE THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENCASE SEWER LINES OR REMOVE SINGLE-USE FOOD CONTAINERS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-903.11 (A;B;D) FOUND SINGLE-USE FOOD CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY UNDER THE SEWER LINE THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENCASE SEWER LINES OR REMOVE SINGLE-USE FOOD CONTAINERS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) FOUND ALL SHELVES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF BLACK MOLD-LIKE SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF UNISEX EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF UNISEX EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was China Dragon Restaurant last inspected?
China Dragon Restaurant has 16 inspections on record going back to May 17, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| March 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 28, 2020 | Fail | |
| September 30, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
China Dragon Restaurant vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 March 9, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.