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Lotus Garden
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 18, 2018
- address7254 W Touhy Ave, Chicago 60631
Is Lotus Garden clean?
Lotus Garden is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 18, 2018. 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 Lotus Garden?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-201.11 OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012(a) NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A CLEAN UP POLICY PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • PA100-0367 OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION ON SITE.INSTRUCRED MANAGEMENT TO GET ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION. CORE
When was Lotus Garden last inspected?
Lotus Garden has 6 inspections on record going back to February 21, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| October 8, 2019 | — | |
| August 12, 2019 | — | |
| August 9, 2019 | — | |
| September 18, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 21, 2018 | — |
Lotus Garden vs Edison Park
Edison Park runs 68% clean across 114 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 22 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 114 spots Cooked tracks in Edison Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 September 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.