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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 currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 1, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| August 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2024 | — | |
| August 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2021 | Fail |
Lao Sze Chuan vs Armour Square
Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.
Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 August 1, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.