Hong Kong Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 16, 2016
• address2425 S Wallace St, Chicago 60616
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Hong Kong Market clean?

Hong Kong Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 16, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hong Kong Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 16, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPEMENT IN KITCHEN. CLEAN PREP TABLES (TOPS AND BOTTOMS) IN ALL PREP AREAS. CLEAN INTERIOR SHELVES AND BOTTOM AREAS OF MEAT DISPLAY COOLERS IN BUTCHER AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS IN BUTCHER AREA AND WASHROOMS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS IN BUTCHER AREA AND WASHROOMS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS AND SURFACES BEHIND KITCHEN COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED. CLEAN ALL VENT FAN COVER INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED ON FAN COVERS AND CEILINGS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS AND SURFACES BEHIND KITCHEN COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED. CLEAN ALL VENT FAN COVER INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED ON FAN COVERS AND CEILINGS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND NO EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE WHOLESALE STORAGE AREA WHERE I OBSERVED EMPLOYEES SLICING MEATS AT A PREP TABLE AND WRAPPING RAW CHICKEN WINGS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT AN EXPOSED HANDSINK MUST BE INSTALLED IN THAT AREA FOR HANDWASHING WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER SOAP AND HANDTOWELS. FOUND ONE OF THREE TOILETS IN THE MENS WASHROOM NOT WORKING; MUST REPAIR TOILET. MUST PROVIDE PROPER DRAIN STOPPERS FOR ALL THREE COMP SINKS FOR PROPER SET UP OF SINKS WHEN WASH RINSE AND SANITIZING. NO HOT RUNNING WATER AT THE UTILITY SINK IN THE CLOSET NEAR THE WASHROOMS; MUST PROVIDE HOT RUNNING WATER TO UTILITY SINK IN CLOSET.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • FOUND SOME UNNECESARY ITEMS IN STORAGE AREAS; INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN TO AVOID CLUTTER.

When was Hong Kong Market last inspected?

Hong Kong Market has 6 inspections on record going back to February 9, 2015.

Hong Kong Market vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 16, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.