China Dragon

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 13, 2025
• address1737 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is China Dragon clean?

China Dragon is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at China Dragon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11: OBSERVED ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A BIN/CLEAN CONTAINER AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11: OBSERVED ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A BIN/CLEAN CONTAINER AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(B): OBSERVED THE SHELVES UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLES WITH CRUMBS AND IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11: OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE STAIR LEADING TO THE REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL MENTIONED HOLE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL HARBORAGE POINTS FOR PEST AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.13: OBSERVED THE FLOORS UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SHELVES IN THE FRONT PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST TAKE COURSE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST TAKE COURSE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.

When was China Dragon last inspected?

China Dragon has 5 inspections on record going back to August 7, 2023.

China Dragon 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 June 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.