Hunan Wok is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 24, 2016. 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 Hunan Wok?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD BEING USED AS CUTTING BOARD. MUST HAVE FOOD GRADE CUTTING BOARD. RAW WOOD IS PROHIBITED AND MUST BE SEALED.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD BEING USED AS CUTTING BOARD. MUST HAVE FOOD GRADE CUTTING BOARD. RAW WOOD IS PROHIBITED AND MUST BE SEALED.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH FOOD CRUMBS/SPILLS. INTERIOR OF ALL STANDING FREEZERS AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF CHEST FREEZER. CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF MICROWAVE. CLEAN ALL COOKING WOKS AND STOVE TOPS, EXTERIOR OF MEAT GRINDER AND FAN WITH HEAVY DIRT AND DUST ACCUMULATION. MUST CLEAN ALL SHELVES USED FOR FOOD STROAGE AND CLEAN ALL SHELVES IN WALK IN COOLER.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS NEED TO BE CLEANED IN CORNERS ALONG WALLS BEHIND REFIRGERATORS.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS NEED TO BE CLEANED IN CORNERS ALONG WALLS BEHIND REFIRGERATORS.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DEGREASE ALL COOKING VENTS ABOVE WOKS AND DEGREASE ALL ATTACHED EQUIPMENT AND CEILING ABOVE WOKS. OBSERVED FAN COVER IN WALK IN COOLER WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DEGREASE ALL COOKING VENTS ABOVE WOKS AND DEGREASE ALL ATTACHED EQUIPMENT AND CEILING ABOVE WOKS. OBSERVED FAN COVER IN WALK IN COOLER WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
🪳pests in the house
Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSRVED LOW HOT WATER PRESSURE AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. RESTORE AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS ON COUNTER IN KITHCEN. STORE IN SANITIZER SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS ON COUNTER IN KITHCEN. STORE IN SANITIZER SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
When was Hunan Wok last inspected?
Hunan Wok has 8 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2013.
date
result
score
March 24, 2017
closed by the city
June 24, 2016
Pass
December 3, 2015
Pass
March 24, 2015
Pass
December 1, 2014
Pass
November 24, 2014
Fail
June 4, 2014
Pass
June 11, 2013
Pass
Hunan Wok vs North Park
North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, 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 June 24, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.