Lex Chinese Food

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 8, 2025
• address6207 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60629

Is Lex Chinese Food clean?

Lex Chinese Food is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 8, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Lex Chinese Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" FROM THE FLOOR.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL, TCS, FOODS (COOKED PORK, CHICKEN AND CHICKEN EGG ROLLS) WITHOUT LABELS IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DISCARD OR USE BY DATE ON LABELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN WALK-IN FREEZER UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE LIDS AND/OR COVERINGS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN WALK-IN FREEZER UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE LIDS AND/OR COVERINGS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF WIPING CLOTH AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE FRONT LINE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS/DIRT ON TOP OF FOOD CONTAINERS ON SHELVING UNITS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED DRAINPIPE LEAKING UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE FRONT LINE/CASHIER AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED MISSING TRASH CAN COVER IN THE 2 PUBLIC WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED MISSING TRASH CAN COVER IN THE 2 PUBLIC WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF MOP IN THE UTILITY CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY AS NOT TO ATTRACT PESTS.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DIRTY VENTS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE PUBLIC WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DIRTY VENTS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE PUBLIC WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.

When was Lex Chinese Food last inspected?

Lex Chinese Food has 11 inspections on record going back to June 30, 2020.

Lex Chinese Food vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 May 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.