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China Garden Chinese Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026
- address10912 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628
Is China Garden Chinese Restaurant clean?
China Garden Chinese Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at China Garden Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • STORAGE RACKS INSIDE THE REACH/WALK IN COOLERS ARE RUSTY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN A RUST FREE, SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. • CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS. MUST MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE
When was China Garden Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
China Garden Chinese Restaurant has 32 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 26, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2021 | Fail |
China Garden Chinese Restaurant vs Morgan Park
Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.
Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.