Mr Ging Chop Suey Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 17, 2014. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Mr Ging Chop Suey Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cutting board that had deep cuts shall be replaced/repaired.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cutting board that had deep cuts shall be replaced/repaired.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of walk in cooler shelving/racks not clean, need cleaning(crevices), reach in cooler shelving, non food contact surfaces of cooking equipment not clean, need detailed cleaning.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in rear kitchen area, bathroom, rear storage area not clean, needs cleaning(detailed).
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in rear kitchen area, bathroom, rear storage area not clean, needs cleaning(detailed).
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls that had peeling paint, exposed plaster in rear kitchen area, shall be repaired/sealed.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls that had peeling paint, exposed plaster in rear kitchen area, shall be repaired/sealed.
🪳pests in the house
Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust canopy not clean, had excess grease build up, needs detailed cleaning.
When was Mr Ging Chop Suey Restaurant last inspected?
Mr Ging Chop Suey Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to January 28, 2010.
date
result
score
March 30, 2015
closed by the city
July 17, 2014
Pass
January 30, 2013
Pass
May 16, 2012
Pass
May 9, 2012
Fail
November 23, 2011
Pass
March 10, 2011
Pass
January 28, 2010
Pass
Mr Ging Chop Suey Restaurant vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 39% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 73 mid, 363 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 July 17, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.