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Emperor's Choice Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address2238 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616
Is Emperor's Choice Restaurant clean?
Emperor's Choice Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Emperor's Choice Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO LABEL BULK CONTAINERS WITH NAME OF PRODUCT INSIDE OF CONTAINER.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • FOUND SOME MEAT IN DEEP FREEZER IN BASEMENT STORED IN A GROCERY BAG; INSTRUCTED TO STORE FOOD/MEAT IN FOOD GRADE BAGS ONLY.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND BOTTOM AREA OF FRYER. CLEAN BOTTOM AREA OF PREP TABLES WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACES OF BULK CONTAINERS AND GARBAGE CONTAINERS IN KITCHEN AND BASEMENT.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN AND CEILING VENTS WHERE NEEDED.
When was Emperor's Choice Restaurant last inspected?
Emperor's Choice Restaurant has 21 inspections on record going back to July 8, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 19, 2019 | Fail |
Emperor's Choice Restaurant 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 28% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.