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Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 1, 2018
- address2172 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60616
Is Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant clean?
Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 1, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalHands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER TOUCH READY TO EAT FOODS WITH BARE HANDS. FOOD HANDLER PUT BARE HAND INTO CONTAINER OF READY TO EAT CUT VEGETABLES WITH BARE HAND THEN PROCEEDED TO ADD ADDITIONAL FOOD ITEMS TO PLATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HAVE FOOD HANDLER WASH HANDS AND PUT ON GLOVES TO HANDLE READY TO EAT FOODS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A)
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOUND 2 CONTAINERS OF READY TO EAT CUT VEGETABLE ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE ON THE PUBLIC WAY. CONTAINERS WERE OPEN AND EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. MANAGER DISCARDED THE PRODUCT AT THIS TIME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE TO REMOVE ANY BUILD UP. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED CONTAINER. CORRECTED AND MAINTAIN.Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED CONTAINER. CORRECTED AND MAINTAIN.
When was Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant last inspected?
Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant has 35 inspections on record going back to March 30, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 19, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| May 1, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 24, 2018 | Fail | |
| April 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 9, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2015 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 9, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 27, 2015 | Pass |
Lao Sze Chuan 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 15% 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 May 1, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.