Ding Sheng

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 16, 2019
• address2002 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Ding Sheng clean?

Ding Sheng is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Ding Sheng?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. OBSERVED A BODILY FLUID CLEAN UP KIT ON PREMISES PROVIDED BY ECOLAB. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST ACCOMODATE THE KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • FOUND NO THERMOMETER FOR MEASURING FOOD TEMPERATURES AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR MEASURING HOT AND COLD TEMPERATURES OF FOODS.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • FOUND SOME BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH NO LABEL; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT IN THE DIM SUM PREP AREA: FRYER, WOK STATION, LARGE POTS, STEAMERS AND REFRIGERATION UNITS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING IN NEED OF CLEANING IN THE DIM SUM PREP AREA; FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. CLEAN WALLS IN THE DIM SUM PREP AREA AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SPLATTER AND BUILD UP.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE WOMENS WASRHOOM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY; INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE WOMENS WASRHOOM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY; INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Ding Sheng last inspected?

Ding Sheng has 8 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2015.

Ding Sheng vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in Armour Square

• ✓ Ding Sheng
  clean · September 29, 2015
• ✓! Town Kitchen
  mid · March 16, 2017
• ✓ 15 / 20 Lounge
  clean · March 10, 2016
• ✓ 15 / 20 Lounge
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• ✓ Gino's Steaks Truck Bridgeport
  clean · January 22, 2016
• ✓ Qing Xiang Yuan
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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 April 16, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.