Panda Express

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 27, 2026
• address209 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago 60606

Is Panda Express clean?

Panda Express is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 27, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Panda Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON-IN-CHARGE PRESENT WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEE ON-SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE WHILE PREPARING TCS FOOD ITEMS (PROTEINS, COOKED VEGETABLES). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE AND DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC VIEW AT ALL TIMES OF FOOD OPERATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR-MOUNTED DRAIN BENEATH WOK LINE TO BE HEAVILY SOILED WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND PLUMBING FIXTURES BENEATH EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DRIED FOOD DEBRIS, GREASE, AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Panda Express last inspected?

Panda Express has 27 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Panda Express vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 48% of them.

Other spots in Loop

• ✓ Panda Express #365
  cooked · February 19, 2014
• ✓ Panda Express #299
  cooked · September 22, 2021
• ✓ Panda Express #389
  cooked · December 8, 2021
• ✓ Panda Express #236
  cooked · February 18, 2010
• ✓ Amarit Restaurant
  clean · April 21, 2026
• ✓ The Mid-America Club
  cooked · June 22, 2021

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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 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.