Hoanh Long Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 3, 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 Hoanh Long Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS FOUND DIRTY WITH ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN, MAINTAIN OR REPLACE.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS FOUND DIRTY WITH ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN, MAINTAIN OR REPLACE.
⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST NOT USE CARD BOARD BOXES AS FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE WALK-IN AND REACH-IN COOLERS. MUST BE CLEANABLE CONTAINERS OR FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS.
Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST NOT USE CARD BOARD BOXES AS FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE WALK-IN AND REACH-IN COOLERS. MUST BE CLEANABLE CONTAINERS OR FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE PAPER AS LINER FOR SHELVING UNDER THE FRONT TEA PREP METAL SHELVING. MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACE. MUST NOT USE RAW WOOD AT THE TWO COMPARTMENT PREP SINK FOR ANY PREPPING TOOL OR AID TO EQUIPMENT. MUST USE CLEANABLE MATERIAL. • NOTED DIRTY AND RUSTY SHELVES UNDERNEATH PREP TABLES AT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAINT WITH NON TOXIC FOOD GRADE PAINT AND MAINTAIN......NOTED KNIVES STORED BETWEEN WALL AND 2 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE KNIVES IN A CLEAN KNIFE RACK.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE PAPER AS LINER FOR SHELVING UNDER THE FRONT TEA PREP METAL SHELVING. MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACE. MUST NOT USE RAW WOOD AT THE TWO COMPARTMENT PREP SINK FOR ANY PREPPING TOOL OR AID TO EQUIPMENT. MUST USE CLEANABLE MATERIAL. • NOTED DIRTY AND RUSTY SHELVES UNDERNEATH PREP TABLES AT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAINT WITH NON TOXIC FOOD GRADE PAINT AND MAINTAIN......NOTED KNIVES STORED BETWEEN WALL AND 2 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE KNIVES IN A CLEAN KNIFE RACK.
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Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • NOTED HEAVY ICE BUILD UP INSIDE UPRIGHT FREEZER AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH DIRT AND EXCESSIVE DEBRIS: BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE, UNDER FRONT PREP SHELVING, BEHIND REAR PREP FREEZER, SLICER TABLE AND AROUND HOT WATER TANK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH DIRT AND EXCESSIVE DEBRIS: BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE, UNDER FRONT PREP SHELVING, BEHIND REAR PREP FREEZER, SLICER TABLE AND AROUND HOT WATER TANK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • BLACKENED, MOLDY WALL CAULKING AT THE DISH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPLACE.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • BLACKENED, MOLDY WALL CAULKING AT THE DISH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPLACE.
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Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FRONT PREP MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS 6" OR ABOVE.
When was Hoanh Long Restaurant last inspected?
Hoanh Long Restaurant has 14 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
March 29, 2018
closed by the city
January 3, 2018
Pass
November 14, 2017
Pass
July 7, 2017
Pass
September 28, 2016
Pass
September 6, 2016
Pass w/ Conditions
December 10, 2015
Pass
April 24, 2015
Pass
November 6, 2014
Pass
April 11, 2014
Pass
June 4, 2013
Pass
May 29, 2013
Fail
Hoanh Long Restaurant vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 January 3, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.