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New Grand Chinese Kitchen
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 23, 2026
- address5401 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60609
Is New Grand Chinese Kitchen clean?
New Grand Chinese Kitchen is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 23, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at New Grand Chinese Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • Obstructed hand wash sink in main kitchen, found a fan placed on top of hand wash sink blocking access to it. instructed to keep hand wash sink unobstructed at all times. priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c). • No hand soap provide to hand wash sink, instructed to provide. priority foundation violation.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • Found 8 cockroaches under 3-comp sink, house flies in rear storage room, backdoor wide open. instructed manager to eliminate cockroaches. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020(A).
When was New Grand Chinese Kitchen last inspected?
New Grand Chinese Kitchen has 23 inspections on record going back to August 4, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2025 | Fail |
New Grand Chinese Kitchen vs Washington Park
Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 July 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.