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Ma Gong & La Po
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 5, 2019
- address2215 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616
Is Ma Gong & La Po clean?
Ma Gong & La Po is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 5, 2019. 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 Ma Gong & La Po?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 5, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE GREASE RECEPTOR AT THE COOKING EQUIPMENT STATION, EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR BOTTOM OF THE DEEP FRYER AND PREP TABLES.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE MENS WASHROOM ON THE CEILING TO REMOVE DUST BUILD UP OBSERVED.
When was Ma Gong & La Po last inspected?
Ma Gong & La Po has 22 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| April 22, 2021 | — | |
| June 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 4, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2016 | Fail | |
| July 7, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2014 | Pass |
Ma Gong & La Po 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 9% 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 June 5, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.