Hoe Toy Chop Suey

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 27, 2024
• address8559 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago 60617

Is Hoe Toy Chop Suey clean?

Hoe Toy Chop Suey is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 27, 2024. 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 Hoe Toy Chop Suey?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES WASHING MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT, CONTAINERS, STRAINERS IN 1-COMPARTMENT AND 3-C0MPARMENT SINK WITH NO SANITIZER AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK NOT SET UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZE ALL FOOD EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. PRIORITY 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED COOKED BEEF STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE (115.6F) ON PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD. ALL HOT TCS FOOD MUST MAINTAIN 135F OR ABOVE DURING PREPARATION, DISPLAY AND SERVICE. PRIORITY 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED COLD TCS FOOD STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE ON PREP TABLE, 7 DOZEN EGGS (68.3F), DICED CHICKEN (51.4F). INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD. ALL COLD TCS FOOD MUST MAINTAIN 41F OR BELOW DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY AND SERVICE. PRIORITY 7-38-005 SEE PREVIOUS VIOLATION FOR CITATION.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS NOT COVERED AND STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER AND ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS NOT COVERED AND STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER AND ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED SEVERAL SOILED MUTIL-USE CONTAINERS STACKED AND STORED ON SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL FOOD EQUIPMENT AND UTENISILS BEFORE STORAGE.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED SEVERAL SOILED MUTIL-USE CONTAINERS STACKED AND STORED ON SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL FOOD EQUIPMENT AND UTENISILS BEFORE STORAGE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DAMAGED DOOR GASKET ON 6-DOOR UPRIGHT COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED OPEN FOOD STORED IN GROCERY BAGS IN WALK-IN FREEZER, INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE FOOD IN FOOD STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS, COOLERS, FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE ON UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED SELF-CLOSING DEVICE NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED IN SOUTH WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED SELF-CLOSING DEVICE NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED IN SOUTH WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNUSED ARTILCES AND EQUIPMENT IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • OBSERVED MISSING OUTLET COVER AND MISSING BASEBOARDS ALONG WALLS IN NORTH STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MOP HEADS STORED ON FLOOR IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE MOP HEADS UPRIGHT TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED MANAGERS. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Hoe Toy Chop Suey last inspected?

Hoe Toy Chop Suey has 28 inspections on record going back to October 30, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Hoe Toy Chop Suey vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon 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 February 27, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.