Panang Noodle & Rice

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 23, 2014
• address800 N Clark St, Chicago 60610

Is Panang Noodle & Rice clean?

Panang Noodle & Rice is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 23, 2014. 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 Panang Noodle & Rice?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUSTED WIRE STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. REPAINT OR REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUSTED WIRE STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. REPAINT OR REPLACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS, INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE, CAN OPENER BLADE, TOP OF DISHMACHINE, INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE, SHELVES ABOVE THE 2 COMPARTMENT SINK, WIRE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN THE WALLS AROUND THE REAR PREP AREA 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND REPAIR THE OPENINGS IN THE BASEBOARD TILES AROUND THE SAME SINK.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN THE WALLS AROUND THE REAR PREP AREA 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND REPAIR THE OPENINGS IN THE BASEBOARD TILES AROUND THE SAME SINK.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR THE LEAKING FAUCET AT THE REAR PREP AREA 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE DRAIN LINE WATER LEAK BELOW THE LEFT COMPARTMENT OF THE 2 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A WORKING THERMOMETER INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE WOK STATION.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A WORKING THERMOMETER INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE WOK STATION.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF THE PREP TABLES. MUST STORE WET WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER BUCKET WHEN NOT IN USE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF THE PREP TABLES. MUST STORE WET WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER BUCKET WHEN NOT IN USE.

When was Panang Noodle & Rice last inspected?

Panang Noodle & Rice has 7 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2010.

Panang Noodle & Rice vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 June 23, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.