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Lawrence Fish Chinatown
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 21, 2026
- address234-236 W 31St St, Chicago 60616
Is Lawrence Fish Chinatown clean?
Lawrence Fish Chinatown is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lawrence Fish Chinatown?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED GREASE ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE AND INTERIOR BOTTOM OF THE FRYERS; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE TWO DOOR FREEZER IN THE REAR KITCHEN TO REMOVE ICE AND RESIDUE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER THE FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE AND CLEAN FLOOR UNDER THREE COMP SINK AND DISHMACHINE IN REAR KITCHEN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • ONE CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER DOES NOT HAVE A FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF TRAINING.
When was Lawrence Fish Chinatown last inspected?
Lawrence Fish Chinatown has 5 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 11, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 1, 2024 | Pass |
Lawrence Fish Chinatown 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 January 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.