New Happy Chef

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 23, 2011
• address2164-66 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60616

Is New Happy Chef clean?

New Happy Chef is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 23, 2011. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at New Happy Chef?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • FOUND TWO OF TWO EXPOSED HAND WASH SINKS WITH NO PAPER TOWELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PAPER TOWELS TO PROPERLY DRY HANDS AFTER WASHING HANDS PER CITY CODE. MANAGER PROVIDED PAPER TOWELS AT SAID SINKS AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL 7-38-030 ISSUED.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN KITCHEN. LABEL, READY TO EAT PREPARED FOODS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN KITCHEN. LABEL, READY TO EAT PREPARED FOODS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE ICE BUILDUP IN WALK-IN FREEZER AND REMOVE MILK CRATE BEING USED TO STORE STOCK AT REAR STORAGE AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE ICE BUILDUP IN WALK-IN FREEZER AND REMOVE MILK CRATE BEING USED TO STORE STOCK AT REAR STORAGE AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE, PREP TABLE BOTTOMS, TEA STATION, INTERIOR OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, INTERIOR OF DEEP FRYERS, EXTERIOR OF OVEN, BULK FOOD CONTAINER LIDS. CLEAN SHELVES BY VENTILATION HOOD IN KITCHEN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN FLOORS AROUND PREP TABLES AND INSIDE ICE MACHINE. REMOVE STANDING WATER AROUND FLOOR DRAIN IN ICE MACHINE ROOM AND AROUND DISH MACHINE. ADJUST THRESHOLD AT REAR EXIT DOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN FLOORS AROUND PREP TABLES AND INSIDE ICE MACHINE. REMOVE STANDING WATER AROUND FLOOR DRAIN IN ICE MACHINE ROOM AND AROUND DISH MACHINE. ADJUST THRESHOLD AT REAR EXIT DOOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD/FILTERS, WALLS AND PIPING BEHIND TWO COMPARTMENT SINK, CEILING VENTS IN KITCHEN, ABOVE TEA STATION, AND IN WOMENS TOILET ROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD/FILTERS, WALLS AND PIPING BEHIND TWO COMPARTMENT SINK, CEILING VENTS IN KITCHEN, ABOVE TEA STATION, AND IN WOMENS TOILET ROOM.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • PROVIDE END CAPS FOR LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE PREP AREA IN REAR KITCHEN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR LEAKS AT HOT WATER HANDLE AT ONE COMPARTMENT SINK AND AT BACKFLOW DEVICE AT UPPER WALL AT UTILITY SINK.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair.

When was New Happy Chef last inspected?

New Happy Chef has 6 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2010.

New Happy Chef 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 15% of them.

Other spots in Armour Square

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• ✓ Minghin Cuisine
  clean · October 28, 2010
• ✓ Jimmy's Lunch Box
  clean · May 3, 2010
• ✕ Tasty City
  cooked · May 18, 2010
• ✓ Tasty City
  clean · September 19, 2012
• ✓ Bobabar Cafe
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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 August 23, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.