Ming Kee Chicago Llc

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 17, 2024
• address2017 S Wells St, Chicago 60616

Is Ming Kee Chicago Llc clean?

Ming Kee Chicago Llc is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Ming Kee Chicago Llc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED COLD HOLDING UNITS NEED AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE COLD HOLD UNITS AT THE REAR, FRONT PREP AREAS, AND INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTURCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE WASHBOWL IN THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM WITH LOW WATER PRESSURE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO RECEPTACLE WITH THE LID IN THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO RECEPTACLE WITH THE LID IN THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED THE OUTDOOR GREASE TRAP LID SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE IN ORDER TO KEEP RECEPTACLE COMPLETELY RODENT PROOF.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED THE OUTDOOR GREASE TRAP LID SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE IN ORDER TO KEEP RECEPTACLE COMPLETELY RODENT PROOF.

When was Ming Kee Chicago Llc last inspected?

Ming Kee Chicago Llc has 3 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2024.

Ming Kee Chicago Llc 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 8% 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 17, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.