Chinatown Buffet

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 10, 2017
• address5030-5050 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632

Is Chinatown Buffet clean?

Chinatown Buffet is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 10, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Chinatown Buffet?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 10, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED FOOD NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS PREPARED WITH OUT PROPER LABELING, INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL PREPARED FOODS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED FOOD NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS PREPARED WITH OUT PROPER LABELING, INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL PREPARED FOODS.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS FORKS, SPOONS IN FRONT CASHIER AREA NOT STORED PROPERLY, INSTRUCTED TO STORE INVERTED, (HANDLE UP)
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS FORKS, SPOONS IN FRONT CASHIER AREA NOT STORED PROPERLY, INSTRUCTED TO STORE INVERTED, (HANDLE UP)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE REAR DISH MACHINE NOT MAINTAINED/CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND DELIME.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE REAR DISH MACHINE NOT MAINTAINED/CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND DELIME.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED REAR PREP TABLES, #10 CAN OPENER NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. ALSO CLEAN 3 TIER CART, AND TABLE STORAGE SHELVES, AND CLEAN EXTERIOR OF THE BULK CONTAINERS. CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYER DOORS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR NOT CLEAN UNDER AND BEHIND ALL EQUIPMENT, DISH AREA, REAR PREP/STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEA FLOOR REAR SIDE STORAGE AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR NOT CLEAN UNDER AND BEHIND ALL EQUIPMENT, DISH AREA, REAR PREP/STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEA FLOOR REAR SIDE STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GRAFITTI ON THE MENS RESTROOM ENTRANCE DOOR, AND IN THE LADIES RESTROOM 1ST.STALL DOOR, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. ALSO REPLACE ALL WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THRU-OUT PREMISES AND IN RESTROOMS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GRAFITTI ON THE MENS RESTROOM ENTRANCE DOOR, AND IN THE LADIES RESTROOM 1ST.STALL DOOR, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. ALSO REPLACE ALL WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THRU-OUT PREMISES AND IN RESTROOMS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED ONE URNIAL NOT WORKING AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. ALSO CLEAN WALLS IN UTILITY MOP ROOM. OBSERVED DISH AREA HAND SINK DRAINING SLOW, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.

When was Chinatown Buffet last inspected?

Chinatown Buffet has 18 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Chinatown Buffet vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 May 10, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.