Lao Sze Chuan

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 1, 2024 →
• address2172 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Lao Sze Chuan clean?

Lao Sze Chuan is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on April 30, 2025, 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 on August 1, 2024. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Lao Sze Chuan?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on August 1, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Lao Sze Chuan last inspected?

Lao Sze Chuan has 18 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lao Sze Chuan vs Armour Square

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

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  clean · June 19, 2018
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• ✓ Fat Fish Bar And Grill
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• ✓ Shan Shaan Taste
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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 August 1, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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