Lao Shanghai Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 10, 2014
• address2163 S China Pl, Chicago 60616

Is Lao Shanghai Restaurant clean?

Lao Shanghai Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 10, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lao Shanghai Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 10, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED LOOSE RUBBER GASKETS AT TWO DOOR FREEZER NEXT TO THE BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS; SEAL GASKETS TO AVOID ESCAPING AIR.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED LOOSE RUBBER GASKETS AT TWO DOOR FREEZER NEXT TO THE BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS; SEAL GASKETS TO AVOID ESCAPING AIR.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS, CAN OPENER BLADE AT PREP TABLE, CLEAN AND PAINT BOTTOM OF PREP TABLE IN FRONT OF COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE RUST OBSERVED, CLEAN BOTTOM OF PREP TABLE AT THE END OF THE COOKING LINE CLOSE TO FREEZERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES. CLEAN UNDER THREE COMP SINK.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES. CLEAN UNDER THREE COMP SINK.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT. PROVIDE A COVER FOR WALL OUTLET NEXT TO FREEZER. REMOVE DUST FROM VENT FAN IN WOMENS WASHROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT. PROVIDE A COVER FOR WALL OUTLET NEXT TO FREEZER. REMOVE DUST FROM VENT FAN IN WOMENS WASHROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED A LEAK UNDER DISHMACHINE; REPAIR. CLEAN INTERIOR OF UTILITY SINK AND MAINTAIN.

When was Lao Shanghai Restaurant last inspected?

Lao Shanghai Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2010.

Lao Shanghai 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 September 10, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.