New Asia Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 9, 2013
• address2739 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is New Asia Restaurant clean?

New Asia Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 9, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at New Asia Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES; OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLER, HANDLING SOILED MULTI USE UTENSILS AND SOILED CLEANING TOWELS INSIDE THE 3PART SINK WIPING OFF FOOD DEBRIS FROM PREP TABLES AND COOKING EQUIPMENT, PUT ON GLOVES AND RETURNED TO PREP FOOD WITHOUT WASHING HIS HANDS. INSTRUCTED, HANDS MUST BE WASHED AFTER ANY CONTAMINATING CONDITION AT THE EXPOSED SINK WITH WARM WATER AND SOAP. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010(A)
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INSTRUCTED, CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED ON STORAGE SHELVES IN THE KITCHEN.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INSTRUCTED, CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED ON STORAGE SHELVES IN THE KITCHEN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST RE-PAINT WOOD STORAGE SHELVES UNDER FRONT SERVING COUNTER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST RE-PAINT WOOD STORAGE SHELVES UNDER FRONT SERVING COUNTER.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ON EQUIPMENT; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; FRYERS, COOLERS, FREEZERS, MOP SINK AND STORAGE SHELVES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER EQUIPMENT AT THE KITCHEN, THRU-OUT REAR STORAGE ROOM AND BASEMENT, DEBRIS/FOOD DEBRIS NOTED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER EQUIPMENT AT THE KITCHEN, THRU-OUT REAR STORAGE ROOM AND BASEMENT, DEBRIS/FOOD DEBRIS NOTED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • GREASE BUILD-UP ON FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; ALSO WALLS IN POOR REPAIR AT DINING AREA AND REAR AREA OF KITCHEN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND REPAINT, AND MUST SEAL OPENINGS ON WALLS IN BASEMENT TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • GREASE BUILD-UP ON FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; ALSO WALLS IN POOR REPAIR AT DINING AREA AND REAR AREA OF KITCHEN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND REPAINT, AND MUST SEAL OPENINGS ON WALLS IN BASEMENT TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • PIPE UNDER EXPOSED SINK IN THE KITCHEN IN POOR REPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORED CLEANING TOWELS.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORED CLEANING TOWELS.

When was New Asia Restaurant last inspected?

New Asia Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2010.

New Asia Restaurant vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 January 9, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.