Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND WOK STATIONS AND AREAS WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE BUILD UP/NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• ⚠️No Smoking Regulations
  Inspector note: NO SMOKING SIGNS WITHIN 15 FEET OF ENTRANCE DOORS NOT POSTED IN ESTABLISHMENT, CIGARETTE BUTTS FOUND OUTSIDE REAR DOOR (SOME JUST 5 FEET AWAY FROM DOOR.) ALSO A SLIGHTLY SMOKED CIGARETTE WITH ASH STILL ATTACHED TO IT FOUND ON A CART IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SMOKE 15 FT AWAYS FROM DOORS, POST SIGNAGE AND REMOVE CIGARETTE FROM CART. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-32-020 MANAGER WENT TO A NEIGHBORING RESTAURANT TO GET NO SMOKING WITHIN 15 FT SIGNAGE AND POSTED AT EVERY DOOR.
  code 70

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 29, 2012: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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