Chopstick Express

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 24, 2012
• address3237 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634

Is Chopstick Express clean?

Chopstick Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 24, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Chopstick Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DAMAGED SCREEN WIRE ON EXIT DOOR ,REAR SIDE MUST BE REPLACED
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DAMAGED SCREEN WIRE ON EXIT DOOR ,REAR SIDE MUST BE REPLACED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INTERIOR OF 2 DOOR PREP COOLER UNCLEAN, SHELVES ABOVE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK UNCLEAN,COOKING KNOB FULL OF GREASE, SHELVES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER UNCLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOOD BOXES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER MUST BE ELEVATED 6" FROM THE FLOOR
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOOD BOXES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER MUST BE ELEVATED 6" FROM THE FLOOR
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT FULL OF GREASE MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; WALLS AT THE REAR UNCLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT FULL OF GREASE MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; WALLS AT THE REAR UNCLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Chopstick Express last inspected?

Chopstick Express has 6 inspections on record going back to March 31, 2010.

Chopstick Express vs Dunning

Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 24, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.