Lao Sze Chuan

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 13, 2018
• address4832 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Lao Sze Chuan clean?

Lao Sze Chuan is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 13, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lao Sze Chuan?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NOTED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ONE AT THE NEXT INSPECTION.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING UP VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • NOTED THE FOLLOWING:- -NOTED HEAVY DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES ON RAILS OF SERVICE COOLER BY THE HOT HOLDING UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED THE FOLLOWING:- -HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION ALONG WALL AND UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING DEAD ROACHES.

When was Lao Sze Chuan last inspected?

Lao Sze Chuan has 27 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lao Sze Chuan vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 July 13, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.