Lan's Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 6, 2011
• address450 W 23Rd Pl, Chicago 60616

Is Lan's Cafe clean?

Lan's Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 6, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lan's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2011, 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 • Inspector Comments: CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF HAND WASH SINK, VENTILATION HOOD, THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, PREP TABLES, SHELVES, INTERIOR OF BREAD DISPLAY CASE, UNDER AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN, VENT IN DINING AREA, AROUND SPICES IN KITCHEN, PREP COOLER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Correct By: Thursday, March 01, 2012 Violation Codes: 7-38-030, 015, 010 (A), 005 (A) Inspector Comments: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AND FLOOR DRAINS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Correct By: Thursday, March 01, 2012 Violation Codes: 7-38-030, 015, 010 (A), 005 (A) Inspector Comments: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AND FLOOR DRAINS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Correct By: Thursday, March 01, 2012 Violation Codes: 7-38-030, 015, 010 (A), 005 (A) Inspector Comments: PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND REPAIR LEAKS AT FAUCET AND HANDLES AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. SLOW DRAINING THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • Violation Codes: 7-38-030, 015, 010 (A), 005 (A) Inspector Comments: REMOVE UNUSED EQUIPMENT AT DINING AREA, ORGANIZE CLUTTERED AREAS IN KITCHEN AND DINING AREA TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • Correct By: Thursday, March 01, 2012 Violation Codes: 7-38-030, 015, 010 (A), 005 (A) Inspector Comments: All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • Correct By: Thursday, March 01, 2012 Violation Codes: 7-38-030, 015, 010 (A), 005 (A) Inspector Comments: All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair.

When was Lan's Cafe last inspected?

Lan's Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2010.

Lan's Cafe 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 December 6, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.