New Chinatown Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 9, 2014
• address207 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616

Is New Chinatown Restaurant clean?

New Chinatown Restaurant is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 9, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at New Chinatown Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • OBSERVED FOOD NOT PROTECTED WITHIN WALK IN COOLER AND REACH IN REFRIGERATORS. FOOD UNCOVERED, STORED ON FLOOR AND RAW PRODUCT STORED ABOVE AND INTERMINGLED WITH FRESH VEGETABLES AND COOKED PRODUCT.FOOD NEEDS TO BE COVERED AND STORED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION TO PROTECT FOOD FROM CROSS CONTAMINATION. RAW MEAT NEEDS TO BE STORED ON THE BOTTOM SHELVES OF REFRIGERATOR, ABOVE RAW MEAT SHOULD COOKED FOOD, ON THE TOP SHELF SHOULD BE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. ALL FOOD NEEDS TO BE ORGANIZED, COVERED AND PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION. FOOD SHOULD BE LABELED AND DATED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090 • OBSERVED PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT DATED 11/7/14 # 1228284 NOT CORRECTED INCLUDING: #34 FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING UNDER AND AROUND ALL LARGE EQUIPMENT MAINTIAN AT ALL TIMES. #33 ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF REACH IN, WALK IN COOLER, SHELVES AND CABINETS ARE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING AND TO BE MAINTAINED. #35 WALLS THROUGHOUT 1ST FLOOR AND BASEMENT ARE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTERAND GREASE ACCUMULATION. VENTILATION UNIT ABOVE HOOD IN NNED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE BUILDUP CLEAN AND MAINTIAN. #41 ALL UNECESSARY CLUTTER MUST BE REMOVED FROM BASEMENT AND MAINTIANED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED LEAKING CONDITION FROM CONSENSER WITHIN WALK IN COOLER. REPAIR LEAKING CONDITION AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED REACH IN REFRIGERATOR ON 1ST FLOOR WITHOUT FAN GUARDS. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN FAN GUARDS ON FANS WITH IN REACH IN REFRIGERATOR.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED LEAKING CONDITION FROM CONSENSER WITHIN WALK IN COOLER. REPAIR LEAKING CONDITION AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED REACH IN REFRIGERATOR ON 1ST FLOOR WITHOUT FAN GUARDS. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN FAN GUARDS ON FANS WITH IN REACH IN REFRIGERATOR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED CLUTTER IN FRONT SERVICE AREA AND SERVICE STATION. ALL ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED THAT ARE NOT NECESSARY AND EXISTING ITEMS NEED TO BE ORGANIZED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT STORED ON FLOOR, AND ALL AREAS CAN BE CLEANED.

When was New Chinatown Restaurant last inspected?

New Chinatown Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2012.

New Chinatown 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 5% of them.

Other spots in Armour Square

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• ✓ Szechuan Cuisine
  clean · June 25, 2013
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• ✓! Kam Fung Restaurant
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• ✓ Ibao Express Food
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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 9, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.