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Elaine Chop Suey
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 15, 2022
- address4512 S Damen Ave, Chicago 60609
Is Elaine Chop Suey clean?
Elaine Chop Suey is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 15, 2022. 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 Elaine Chop Suey?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK IN TH EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN POOR CONDITION. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Elaine Chop Suey last inspected?
Elaine Chop Suey has 20 inspections on record going back to July 22, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| June 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 27, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 15, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 27, 2018 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Elaine Chop Suey vs New City
New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.
Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, 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 June 15, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.