Ho Fat Lee Chinese Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026 →
• address1114 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60612

Is Ho Fat Lee Chinese Kitchen clean?

Ho Fat Lee Chinese Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ho Fat Lee Chinese Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container

When was Ho Fat Lee Chinese Kitchen last inspected?

Ho Fat Lee Chinese Kitchen has 29 inspections on record going back to July 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ho Fat Lee Chinese Kitchen vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 80% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 194 clean, 29 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

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• ✓ China Snack
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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