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Hon Kee Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 13, 2017
- address1064 W Argyle St, Chicago 60640
Is Hon Kee Restaurant clean?
Hon Kee Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 13, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Hon Kee Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 13, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • EXCESSIVE GREASE ON PIPING UNDER THE WOK COOKS LINE. DIRTY SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE COOKS LINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL. RUSTY METAL RACK SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE/REMOVE RUST.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • EXCESSIVE GREASE ON PIPING UNDER THE WOK COOKS LINE. DIRTY SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE COOKS LINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL. RUSTY METAL RACK SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE/REMOVE RUST.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS MUST BE CLEANED, FOOD AND DEBRIS REMOVED: UNDER WOK AND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, MISSING/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN THE GAS STOVE PREP AREA AND COOKER ROOM. MUST REPLACE TO MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS MUST BE CLEANED, FOOD AND DEBRIS REMOVED: UNDER WOK AND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, MISSING/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN THE GAS STOVE PREP AREA AND COOKER ROOM. MUST REPLACE TO MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING WALL TILES THROUGHOUT THE GAS STOVE ROOM. MUST REPLACE. RAW WOODEN WALL NEXT TO THE TALL REACH-IN COOLER, MUST PAINT/SEAL. WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES AND GREASE ON TILES IN THE COOKS LINE PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING WALL TILES THROUGHOUT THE GAS STOVE ROOM. MUST REPLACE. RAW WOODEN WALL NEXT TO THE TALL REACH-IN COOLER, MUST PAINT/SEAL. WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES AND GREASE ON TILES IN THE COOKS LINE PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE.
When was Hon Kee Restaurant last inspected?
Hon Kee Restaurant has 14 inspections on record going back to January 9, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| September 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2016 | Fail | |
| January 7, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2014 | Fail | |
| May 2, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 23, 2012 | Pass |
Hon Kee Restaurant 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 September 13, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.