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China Palace
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2026
- address1129 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago 60660
Is China Palace clean?
China Palace is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at China Palace?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was China Palace last inspected?
China Palace has 33 inspections on record going back to June 30, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 28, 2024 | — | |
| April 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2023 | Fail |
China Palace vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 39% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 382 clean, 97 mid, 512 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.