Lao Yunnan

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 25, 2019
• address2109 S China Pl, Chicago 60616

Is Lao Yunnan clean?

Lao Yunnan is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 25, 2019. 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 Yunnan?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 25, 2019, 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 • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • FOUND SOME READY TO EAT TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS NOT PROPERLY LABELED AND DATE MARKED. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL READY TO EAT TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS MUST BE DATE MARKED WITH THE DATE THE FOOD WILL BE SOLD, CONSUMED OR DISCARDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • FOUND WIPING CLOTHS ON THE PREP TABLES NOT STORED IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION; MUST STORE CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED GROCERY BAGS BEING USED FOR STORING FOODS IN REFRIGERATION AND FREEZER UNITS; INSTRUCTED TO USE FOOD GRADE BAGS FOR ALL FOOD STORAGE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT: WOK STATION AREA, FRYER EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR BOTTOM, REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS, RUSTY STORAGE SHELVES INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • THE UTILITY SINK HAS CONSTANT RUNNING WATER FROM THE FAUCET; MUST CORRECT SO THAT WATER IS NOT CONSTANTLY RUNNING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • THE FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING IN THE FURNACE CLOSET AND UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Lao Yunnan last inspected?

Lao Yunnan has 14 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lao Yunnan 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 9% 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 April 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.