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New Chinatown Restaurant & Coffee Shop
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 25, 2019
- address1019 1/2 W Argyle St, Chicago 60640
Is New Chinatown Restaurant & Coffee Shop clean?
New Chinatown Restaurant & Coffee Shop is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 25, 2019. 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 New Chinatown Restaurant & Coffee Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 25, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED PROCEDURE ON SITE BUT NO SUPPLIES. MUST OBTAIN SUPPLIES IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP VOMIT OR DIAHHREAL EVENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED IN BETWEEN REAR HAND SINK AND MOP SINK AND SPLASSH GUARD IS NEEDED IN BETWEEN ATTACHED DRAIN BOARD OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT SERVICE AREA AND HAND SINK. INSTALL SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SPLASH GUARDS AND MAINTAIN.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED IN BETWEEN REAR HAND SINK AND MOP SINK AND SPLASSH GUARD IS NEEDED IN BETWEEN ATTACHED DRAIN BOARD OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT SERVICE AREA AND HAND SINK. INSTALL SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SPLASH GUARDS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE DRYING RACKS ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN MAIN COOKING AREA WITH GREASE ACCUMULATION. DEGREASE DRYING RACK AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED ROLLING TRAY ON COOKING LINE USED TO STORE KNIFE SHARPENERS WITH FOOD DEBRIS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was New Chinatown Restaurant & Coffee Shop last inspected?
New Chinatown Restaurant & Coffee Shop has 12 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| April 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 13, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 14, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2014 | Fail | |
| January 24, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2012 | Pass |
New Chinatown Restaurant & Coffee Shop vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.