Lee's Garden Chinese Food

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 22, 2025
• address4240B W North Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Lee's Garden Chinese Food clean?

Lee's Garden Chinese Food is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lee's Garden Chinese Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED AN INACCESSIBLE HANDWASHING SINK AT THE REAR FOOD PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. THERE WERE PLASTIC BAGS AND BOTTLES OF HANDWASHING SOAP INSIDE THE BASIN OF THE MENTIONED SINK. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL HANDWASHING SINKS CLEAR, SO THAT THEY ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES FOR EMPLOYEE USE. EMPLOYEE REMOVED ALL ITEMS FROM THE HANDWASHING SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C), CITATION ISSUED • OBSERVED NO HAND DRYING PROVISION FOR HANDWASHING SINK IN REAR FOOD PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. EMPLOYEE PROVIDED PAPER TOWEL AT MENTIONED HANDWASHING SINK AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C), CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE CITATION • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS MISSING HANDWASHING SIGNAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER INSIDE THE THREE DOOR PREP COOLER CLOSEST TO THE HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED THE DRY INGREDIENT CONTAINERS ON THE PREP TABLE ACROSS THE STOVE WITH NO LABEL. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL WITH COMMON FOOD NAME AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FLOUR AND FOOD DEBRIS ON THE SHELVES UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLES IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SHELVES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER WITH FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN MENTIONED FLOORS.

When was Lee's Garden Chinese Food last inspected?

Lee's Garden Chinese Food has 19 inspections on record going back to August 31, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lee's Garden Chinese Food vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 October 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.