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Noodle Zone
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2016
- address5423-5427 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
Is Noodle Zone clean?
Noodle Zone is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 15, 2016. 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 Noodle Zone?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL AND DATE ALL READY TO EAT /POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INISDE THE REACH IN COOLER. ALL DRY FOOD CONTAINERS NEEDS LABEL ALSO.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL AND DATE ALL READY TO EAT /POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INISDE THE REACH IN COOLER. ALL DRY FOOD CONTAINERS NEEDS LABEL ALSO.
- ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS,POTS,PANS, FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND DUST ACCUMULATION.Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS,POTS,PANS, FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE STORED UPSIDE DOWN/INVERTED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND DUST ACCUMULATION.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST ONE DOOR CHEST FREEZER IN THE BASEMENT AND 3 DOOR CHEST FREEZER IN THE FIRST FLOOR BY THE SUSHI STATION WITH HEAVY ICE BUILD-UP AND MAINTAIN.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST ONE DOOR CHEST FREEZER IN THE BASEMENT AND 3 DOOR CHEST FREEZER IN THE FIRST FLOOR BY THE SUSHI STATION WITH HEAVY ICE BUILD-UP AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN IN DETAIL FLOOR BEHIND AND UNDER THE STOVE,WOK AND DEEP FRYER WITH GREASE ACCUMULATED AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN IN DETAIL FLOOR BEHIND AND UNDER THE STOVE,WOK AND DEEP FRYER WITH GREASE ACCUMULATED AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • PEELING PAINT ON THE WALLS IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM. MUST SCRAPE PEELING PAINT AND RE PAINT WALLS. SEAL ALL GAP AROUND THE PIPE ON THE WALLS AND CEILING THRU-OUT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND STORAGE ROOM AND MAINTAIN. GREASE BUILD- UP ON THE HOOD UNDERNEATH THE FILTER. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • PEELING PAINT ON THE WALLS IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM. MUST SCRAPE PEELING PAINT AND RE PAINT WALLS. SEAL ALL GAP AROUND THE PIPE ON THE WALLS AND CEILING THRU-OUT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND STORAGE ROOM AND MAINTAIN. GREASE BUILD- UP ON THE HOOD UNDERNEATH THE FILTER. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • EMPLOYEES HELPING IN HANDLING FOOD IN THE PREP AREAS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT TO CONFINE THE HAIR.Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • EMPLOYEES HELPING IN HANDLING FOOD IN THE PREP AREAS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT TO CONFINE THE HAIR.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE NEXT ROUTINE INSPECTION.Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE NEXT ROUTINE INSPECTION.
When was Noodle Zone last inspected?
Noodle Zone has 12 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 29, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| January 15, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 17, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2014 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2012 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2011 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2011 | Fail | |
| December 1, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 19, 2010 | Fail |
Noodle Zone vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, 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 15, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.