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Lao Ma La Chinese Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 19, 2015
- address2017 S Wells St, Chicago 60616
Is Lao Ma La Chinese Restaurant clean?
Lao Ma La Chinese Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 19, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lao Ma La Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT METFood Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET
When was Lao Ma La Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Lao Ma La Chinese Restaurant has 9 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| February 19, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2015 | Fail | |
| September 24, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| September 22, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 14, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2011 | Fail |
Lao Ma La Chinese 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 February 19, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.