New Happy Chop Suey

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 25, 2011
• address5044 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60615

Is New Happy Chop Suey clean?

New Happy Chop Suey is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 25, 2011. 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 Happy Chop Suey?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 25, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • FOUND PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM REPORT # 417322 ON 1-13-2011 NOT CORRECTED. STILL FINDING EVIDENCE OF RODENTS ON SITE IN SAME AREAS AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED. (18)FOUND APPROXIMATELY 50 MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED UNDER SHELVING RACKS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS,ALONG WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER,UNDER STORAGE CRATES,UNDER PREP TABLES,BEHIND HOT WATER HEATER,UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT,ALONG MOP SINK AND ON TOP OF GREASE TRAP. ALSO NOTED ADDITIONAL DROPPINGS ON PREP BENCH STORING THE RICE COOKER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE DROPPINGS,SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND CONTINUE WITH AGGRESSIVE PEST CONTROL SERVICE. MUST CORRECT ALL SERIOUS VIOLATIONS BY DATE SPECIFIED ON REPORT. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • FOUND PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM REPORT # 417322 ON 1-13-2011 NOT CORRECTED. STILL FINDING EVIDENCE OF RODENTS ON SITE IN SAME AREAS AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED. (18)FOUND APPROXIMATELY 50 MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED UNDER SHELVING RACKS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS,ALONG WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER,UNDER STORAGE CRATES,UNDER PREP TABLES,BEHIND HOT WATER HEATER,UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT,ALONG MOP SINK AND ON TOP OF GREASE TRAP. ALSO NOTED ADDITIONAL DROPPINGS ON PREP BENCH STORING THE RICE COOKER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE DROPPINGS,SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND CONTINUE WITH AGGRESSIVE PEST CONTROL SERVICE. MUST CORRECT ALL SERIOUS VIOLATIONS BY DATE SPECIFIED ON REPORT. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS,FRYERS AND OTHER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE,INTERIOR OF LIGHT SHEILDS AND PREP TABLES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED. ALSO REMOVE ALL WATER FROM FLOOR UNDER EXPOSED HAND BOWL.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED. ALSO REMOVE ALL WATER FROM FLOOR UNDER EXPOSED HAND BOWL.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR LEAKY FAUCET AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.

When was New Happy Chop Suey last inspected?

New Happy Chop Suey has 5 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2010.

New Happy Chop Suey vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 36% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 95 clean, 24 mid, 144 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, 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 January 25, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.