Golden Chef Chinese Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 12, 2018
• address3262 W North Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Golden Chef Chinese Kitchen clean?

Golden Chef Chinese Kitchen is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 12, 2018. 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 Golden Chef Chinese Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 12, 2018, 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 • 2-201.11 OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN UP PROCEDURE AND SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • 3-501.16(A)(2) OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURES OF TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY (TCS) FOODS INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER. OBSERVED CHICKEN AT 46.7F, SHRIMP AT 46.3F, SHELL EGGS AT 60.8F, AND GROUND BEEF AT 54.7F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 10# OF FOOD WORTH $40. PRIORITY 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • 4-301.11 OBSERVED THE PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 48F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE TCS FOODS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 41F. PRIORITY 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.11(B) OBSERVED FROZEN MEATS STORED IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE PREP COOLER AND DEEP FRYERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE FOOD PREP AREA AND WASHROOM. CLEAN OR REPLACE THE CEILING TILES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367 OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF TRAINING.

When was Golden Chef Chinese Kitchen last inspected?

Golden Chef Chinese Kitchen has 14 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Golden Chef Chinese Kitchen vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, 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 September 12, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.