• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 17, 2019 →
• address4832 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

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Is Lao Sze Chuan clean?

Lao Sze Chuan is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 17, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lao Sze Chuan?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2019. 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 1 inspection on record going back to October 17, 2019.

Lao Sze Chuan vs Uptown

Uptown runs 80% clean across 339 tracked restaurants — 267 clean, 61 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 339 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 October 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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