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Ken Kee Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 27, 2019
- address2129 S China Pl, Chicago 60616
Is Ken Kee Restaurant clean?
Ken Kee Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 27, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Ken Kee Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • FOUND NO DATE MARKINGS ON RTE TCS FOODS AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL RTE TCS FOODS HELD FOR 24 HOURS MUST BE DATE MARKED WITH THE DATE THE ITEM IS TO BE SOLD, CONSUMED OR DISCARDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • THE INTERIOR BOTTOM OF THE FRYERS NEED CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED. THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE FRYERS AND STOVE NEED CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING; CLEAN FLOORS. OBSERVED SOME DUST ON CEILING VENTS IN THE WASHROOMS AND KITCHEN; CLEAN ALL VENTS. OBSERVED GREASE ON A PLUG CONNECTED TO A PIECE OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THE OUTLET; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES HAVE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES HAVE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.
When was Ken Kee Restaurant last inspected?
Ken Kee Restaurant has 16 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 18, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| March 27, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 29, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2014 | Fail | |
| May 21, 2014 | Fail |
Ken Kee Restaurant 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 9% 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 March 27, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.