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Hai Yen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 29, 2025
- address1055 W Argyle St, Chicago 60640
Is Hai Yen clean?
Hai Yen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 29, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Hai Yen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED UNAPPROVED INSECT CONTROL DEVICE HANGING FROM THE CEILING ABOVE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE INSECT CONTROL DEVICE.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED FACILITY REUSING SINGLE SERVICE THANK YOU BAGS TO STORE GREENS AND VEGGIES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT SINGLE SERVICE BAGS/ITEMS SHOULD NOT BE REUSED AND TO STORE FOOD ITEMS IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED FACILITY REUSING SINGLE SERVICE THANK YOU BAGS TO STORE GREENS AND VEGGIES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT SINGLE SERVICE BAGS/ITEMS SHOULD NOT BE REUSED AND TO STORE FOOD ITEMS IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INSUFFICIENT LIGHTING IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INSUFFICIENT LIGHTING IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.
When was Hai Yen last inspected?
Hai Yen has 27 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 3, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 2, 2020 | — |
Hai Yen vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.