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New China Buffet
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 1, 2021
- address3246 W Addison St, Chicago 60618
Is New China Buffet clean?
New China Buffet is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 1, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at New China Buffet?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED SINKS THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN TILES IN FLOOR OF DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
When was New China Buffet last inspected?
New China Buffet has 26 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| August 29, 2022 | — | |
| September 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2021 | Fail | |
| September 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 29, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 23, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 16, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 2, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2017 | Pass |
New China Buffet vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 1, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.