Cooked?Lao Sze Chuan
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 23, 2014 →
- address520 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Lao Sze Chuan clean?
Lao Sze Chuan is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 23, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lao Sze Chuan?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
When was Lao Sze Chuan last inspected?
Lao Sze Chuan has 1 inspection on record going back to September 23, 2014.
September 23, 2014 Pass
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View full inspection →Lao Sze Chuan vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 85% clean across 1,813 tracked restaurants — 1,534 clean, 250 mid, 18 cooked.
Against the 1,813 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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.
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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 September 23, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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