Minghin Cuisine

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026
• address1232-1234 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60605

Is Minghin Cuisine clean?

Minghin Cuisine is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 17, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Minghin Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • OBSERVED 90 DAY SHELLSTOCK TAG WITHOUT LAST DATE SOLD OR SERVED. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATIN VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.critical
  Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • OBSERVED 90 DAY SHELLSTOCK TAG WITHOUT LAST DATE SOLD OR SERVED. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATIN VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILDUP OF ALGAE IN THE LIVE LOBSTER AND FISH HOLDING TANKS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED DRAINS UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT BAR AND IN KITCHEN WITH FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ACCUMULATION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL DRAINS WHERE NEEDED AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DUST AND FOOD DEBRIS THROUGHOUT FLOORS OF KITCHEN AND PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, ORGANIZE, MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF GREASE ON HOOD ABOVE WOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF GREASE ON HOOD ABOVE WOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Minghin Cuisine last inspected?

Minghin Cuisine has 9 inspections on record going back to December 23, 2019.

Minghin Cuisine vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.