Lao Beijing Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2014
• address2138 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Lao Beijing Restaurant clean?

Lao Beijing Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 28, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lao Beijing Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ALL REACH IN REFRIGERATORS WITH RUSTY SHELVES. RUST MUST BE REMOVED FROM ALL SHELVES AND SHELVES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ALL REACH IN REFRIGERATORS WITH RUSTY SHELVES. RUST MUST BE REMOVED FROM ALL SHELVES AND SHELVES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF FRYERS WITH EXCESS GREASE ACCUMULATION. DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF FRYERS. • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF REACH IN FREEZER UNCLEAN WITH FOOD DEBRIS AND FOOD SPILLS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OR REACH IN REFRIGERATOR. • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF REACH IN REFRIGERATOR AND COLD HOLD UNIT WITH VERY UNCEAN INTERIOR COVER OF COLD HOLD UNIT. COVER MUST BE SCRUBBED CLEANED AND MAINTIANED. BEHIND COVER IN CORNERS OF UNIT IS GREASE AND FOOD BUILDUP. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF CABINETS UNCLEAN WITH FOOD CRUMBS. CLEAN INTERIOR OF CABINETS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR IN NEED OF GROUT INBETWEEN TILES. GROUT ALL FLOORS SO THAT WATER DOES NOT COLLECT INBETWEEN TILES. MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED FLOOR DRAINS UNCLEAN WITH FOOD DEBRIS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR IN NEED OF GROUT INBETWEEN TILES. GROUT ALL FLOORS SO THAT WATER DOES NOT COLLECT INBETWEEN TILES. MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED FLOOR DRAINS UNCLEAN WITH FOOD DEBRIS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALLS BEHIND DISH MACHINE UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS BEHIND DISH MACHINE. • OBSERVED MISSING FAN COVER IN EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTALL FAN COVER AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALLS BEHIND DISH MACHINE UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS BEHIND DISH MACHINE. • OBSERVED MISSING FAN COVER IN EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTALL FAN COVER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED SOME REFRIGERATORS WITHOUT THERMOMETERS. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN THERMOMETERS WITHIN ALL REFRIGERATORS. CHECK THERMOMETERS OFTEN TO ENSURE THAT ALL REFRIGERATORS ARE MAINTAINING 40F OR LESS AT ALL TIMES.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED SOME REFRIGERATORS WITHOUT THERMOMETERS. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN THERMOMETERS WITHIN ALL REFRIGERATORS. CHECK THERMOMETERS OFTEN TO ENSURE THAT ALL REFRIGERATORS ARE MAINTAINING 40F OR LESS AT ALL TIMES.

When was Lao Beijing Restaurant last inspected?

Lao Beijing Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to March 2, 2011.

Lao Beijing 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 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 August 28, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.