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New Grand Chinese Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2020
- address5401 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60609
Is New Grand Chinese Kitchen clean?
New Grand Chinese Kitchen is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 24, 2020. 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 Grand Chinese Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED SEVERAL UNUSED WIPING CLOTHS LAYING ON COUNTERS AND PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE INTERIOR BOTTOM OF REFRIGERATION UNITS OF FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR WASHROOM USED BY FEMALE EMPLOYEES.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR WASHROOM USED BY FEMALE EMPLOYEES.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN FLOOR IN PREP AREA AND WALK-IN COOLER/FREEZER OF FOOD SPILLS AND DEBRIS.
When was New Grand Chinese Kitchen last inspected?
New Grand Chinese Kitchen has 18 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| February 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 8, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 3, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 4, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2018 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2017 | Fail |
New Grand Chinese Kitchen vs Washington Park
Washington Park runs 35% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 100 clean, 25 mid, 159 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, 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 February 24, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.