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Moon Palace Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 21, 2025
- address216 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616
Is Moon Palace Restaurant clean?
Moon Palace Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Moon Palace Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS ON SEVERAL PREP SURFACE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT & FOOD. MUST MAINTAIN.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED FROZEN FOODS STORED IN PLASTICGROCERY BAGS IN THE FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS AND CONTAINERS ONLY. • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.
When was Moon Palace Restaurant last inspected?
Moon Palace Restaurant has 17 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 29, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 20, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 5, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 25, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2014 | Pass |
Moon Palace Restaurant 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 28% 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 May 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.