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 no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on June 19, 2018, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on May 1, 2018. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

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 slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored

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.

Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 82% clean across 375 tracked restaurants — 307 clean, 58 mid, 9 cooked.

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• ✓ Quon Yick Food Co
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• ✓ Xi'an Cuisine
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• ✓ China Cafe
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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