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Lo's Chinese Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2016
- address2800 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60618
Is Lo's Chinese Kitchen clean?
Lo's Chinese Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lo's Chinese Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST PROPERLY STORE POTS AND PANS. FOUND POT AND PAN ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST PROPERLY STORE POTS AND PANS. FOUND POT AND PAN ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE STORAGE SHELVING RACKS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRI. ALSO MUST CLEAN DOOR TRACKS OF BOTH 2-SLIDING DOOR REFRIGERATORS TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRI AS WELL AS THE BOTTOM SHELVING BOTH COOLERS TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRI.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPAIR TORN/BROKEN FLOOR ENTRANCE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPAIR TORN/BROKEN FLOOR ENTRANCE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
- ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • STAFF MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN FOOD PREP AREAS. FOOD MANAGER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE.Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • STAFF MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN FOOD PREP AREAS. FOOD MANAGER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE.
When was Lo's Chinese Kitchen last inspected?
Lo's Chinese Kitchen has 11 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| March 25, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 17, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2012 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2011 | Pass | |
| December 22, 2010 | Pass | |
| December 21, 2010 | Fail | |
| January 7, 2010 | Pass |
Lo's Chinese Kitchen vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 March 25, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.