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New Tea Garden Chop Suey
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 16, 2026
- address11342 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60628
Is New Tea Garden Chop Suey clean?
New Tea Garden Chop Suey is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at New Tea Garden Chop Suey?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A BUCKET OF SANITIZING SOLUTION (SANITIZER MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE. MAINTAIN SAME.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • BOWL STORED IN RICE. INSTRUCTED TO USE THE PROPER UTENSIL (SPOON, FORK, ETC.) FOR RETRIEVING TCS FOODS AND PROPERLY STORE THEM EITHER HANDLE UP IN THE PRODUCT OR IN A CLEAN CONTAINER/BIN. MAINTAIN SAME.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • BOWL STORED IN RICE. INSTRUCTED TO USE THE PROPER UTENSIL (SPOON, FORK, ETC.) FOR RETRIEVING TCS FOODS AND PROPERLY STORE THEM EITHER HANDLE UP IN THE PRODUCT OR IN A CLEAN CONTAINER/BIN. MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUPMENT, HOLDING UNITS, SHELVING UNITS, PREP TABLES, STEAM TABLES, COOLERS, FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE AND BASEMENT AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was New Tea Garden Chop Suey last inspected?
New Tea Garden Chop Suey has 20 inspections on record going back to September 1, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2026 | — | |
| January 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 14, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions |
New Tea Garden Chop Suey vs West Pullman
West Pullman runs 61% clean across 214 tracked restaurants — 128 clean, 37 mid, 45 cooked.
Against the 214 spots Cooked tracks in West Pullman, this one comes out cleaner than 43% of them.
Other spots in West Pullman
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 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.