New Saigon

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 15, 2014
• address5000 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is New Saigon clean?

New Saigon is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 15, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at New Saigon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • BRACKETS INSIDE THE TWO DOOR COOLER WITH BLACK SUBSTANCE AND RUST INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/REPLACE SAID ITMES.ALSO HANDLE OF THE UNIT IS RAPAIRED WITH GRAY TAPE WHICH PRESENTLY IS DIRTY AND IN POOR REPAIR,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE / REPLACE. BOTH ITEMS MENTIONED MUST HAVE A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • BURNED LIGHT BULB INSIDE THE TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLER,ALSO SAME LIGHT THE EXTERIOR OF LIGHT SHIELD WITH GRIMES BUILD-UP.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BURNED BULB AND CLEAN LIGHT SHIELD

When was New Saigon last inspected?

New Saigon has 7 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2010.

New Saigon vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 May 15, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.