Red Pagoda

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 17, 2012
• address1918 E 71St St, Chicago 60649

Is Red Pagoda clean?

Red Pagoda is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Red Pagoda?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF LIVE AND DEAD ROACHES ON PREMISES, 1-LARGE ROACH UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT,6-LIVE (LARGE,MED,BABY) SIZE ROACHES CRAWLING UNDER COOLER,4 ON WALL AROUND PIPE BEHIND 3-COMP SINK IN PREP AREA,1-NEAR MOP SINK.MUST CONTACT PEST CONTROL CO. CRITICAL CITATION, ISSUED.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF LIVE AND DEAD ROACHES ON PREMISES, 1-LARGE ROACH UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT,6-LIVE (LARGE,MED,BABY) SIZE ROACHES CRAWLING UNDER COOLER,4 ON WALL AROUND PIPE BEHIND 3-COMP SINK IN PREP AREA,1-NEAR MOP SINK.MUST CONTACT PEST CONTROL CO. CRITICAL CITATION, ISSUED.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • SEE VIOLATION-#14-NOT CORRECTED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF FOOD EQUIPMENT,NOT CLEAN,DEEP FRYERS,COOLERS,SINKS,ETC.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN AT AL TIMES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN PREP AREA NOT CLEAN OF DEBRIS.MUST DETAIL CLEAN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN PREP AREA NOT CLEAN OF DEBRIS.MUST DETAIL CLEAN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS IN POOR REPAIR IN REAR PREP.MUST REPAIR
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS IN POOR REPAIR IN REAR PREP.MUST REPAIR

When was Red Pagoda last inspected?

Red Pagoda has 5 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2010.

Red Pagoda vs Woodlawn

Woodlawn runs 61% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 91 clean, 28 mid, 30 cooked.

Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in Woodlawn, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 September 17, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.