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Happy Chinese Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 27, 2019
- address80 E Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616
Is Happy Chinese Kitchen clean?
Happy Chinese Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 27, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Happy Chinese Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN CAN OPENER AT PREP TABLE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Happy Chinese Kitchen last inspected?
Happy Chinese Kitchen has 8 inspections on record going back to October 7, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| August 27, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 14, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2014 | Pass |
Happy Chinese Kitchen vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 August 27, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.