Plenty Chinese Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 16, 2012
• address2002 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Plenty Chinese Restaurant clean?

Plenty Chinese Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Plenty Chinese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • All employees who handle food shall wash their hands as often as necessary to maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and should conform to hygienic practices prescribed by the Board of Health. POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES; OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANDLER WASHING HIS HANDS INSIDE THE 3PART SINK, ANOTHER FOOD HANDLER REMOVING MOP BUCKET FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE OUTSIDE AREA, ALSO REMOVED SOILED TOWELS AND WENT BACK TO PREPARED FOODS WITHOUT WASHING HIS HANDS. INSTRUCTED HAND MUST BE WASHED AFTER ANY CONTAMINATING CONDITIONS AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH WARM WATER AND SOAP. THE WASHING OF HANDS INSIDE A UTENSILS-WASHING SINK IS PROHIBITED. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010(A).
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. PREP FOODS AND DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED, MUST LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. PREP FOODS AND DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED, MUST LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN GASKETS ON PRE REACH IN COOLER DOORS IN KITCHEN AND REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN GASKETS ON PRE REACH IN COOLER DOORS IN KITCHEN AND REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN, MUST CLEAN/SANITIZE; COOLERS, COOKING EQUIPMENT, FREEZERS, BOTTOM PANELS AND AREAS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN, MICROWAVE OVEN, CAN OPENER, CARTS, ALL SHELVES IN THE KITKCHEN AND UNDER FRONT SERVING AREA AND MOP SINK.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. EXCESSIVE DEBRIS AND GREASE BUIL-UP THRU-OUT THE KITCHEN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. EXCESSIVE DEBRIS AND GREASE BUIL-UP THRU-OUT THE KITCHEN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN WALLS THRU-OUT THE KITCHEN, REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING TILES AT SAME AREA AND CLEAN HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. ALSO INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL CEILING ATTACHMENTS THRU-OUT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN WALLS THRU-OUT THE KITCHEN, REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING TILES AT SAME AREA AND CLEAN HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. ALSO INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL CEILING ATTACHMENTS THRU-OUT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DRAIN STOPPERS FOR 3PART SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • EXCESSIVE CLUTTER THRU-OUT FACILITY, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES CLEAN AND ORGANIZE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ARTICLES MUST BE STORED OFF FLOORS, AWAY FROM WALLS.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED, CLEANING TOWELS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED, CLEANING TOWELS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED.

When was Plenty Chinese Restaurant last inspected?

Plenty Chinese Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2010.

Plenty Chinese Restaurant vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 April 16, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.