China Star Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 8, 2010
• address4716 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630

Is China Star Restaurant clean?

China Star Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 8, 2010. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at China Star Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Toxic Items Properly Stored, Labeled And Used • Only such poisonous and toxic materials as are required to maintain sanitary conditions may be used in food establishments and they shall not be used in any hazardous manner. TOXIC CHEMICAL STORED WITH CONTAINER OF MINCED GARLIC, CANNED SESAME OIL, BOTTLED CURRY POWDER AND BOTTLED VINEGAR .MANAGER REMOVED THE TOXIC CHEMICAL AND STORED IN THE SHELVES WITH CHEMICALS. INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE CHEMICALS WITH THE FOOD.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. RUBBER GASKET ALONG THE DOOR OF THE MIDDLE DOOR OF THE 3 DOOR COOLER NOT IN GOOD REPAIR. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. RUBBER GASKET ALONG THE DOOR OF THE MIDDLE DOOR OF THE 3 DOOR COOLER NOT IN GOOD REPAIR. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. VENT INSIDE THE REACH IN COOLER IN THE FRONT AREA, WITH DUST BUILT UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. ALSO CLEAN IN DETAIL THE LIGHT SHIELD OF THE 3 LIGHT BULBS BY THE HOOD WITH GREASE BUILT UP.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOOR AROUND AND BEHIND THE WATER HEATER NEEDS DETAIL CLEANING.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOOR AROUND AND BEHIND THE WATER HEATER NEEDS DETAIL CLEANING.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER AND MUST BE VISIBLE IN WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER .
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER AND MUST BE VISIBLE IN WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER .

When was China Star Restaurant last inspected?

China Star Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2010.

China Star Restaurant vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 September 8, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.