See Thru Chinese Kitchen #21

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 26, 2026 →
• address5249 W Madison St, Chicago 60644

Is See Thru Chinese Kitchen #21 clean?

See Thru Chinese Kitchen #21 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 26, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at See Thru Chinese Kitchen #21?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored

When was See Thru Chinese Kitchen #21 last inspected?

See Thru Chinese Kitchen #21 has 22 inspections on record going back to February 6, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

See Thru Chinese Kitchen #21 vs Austin

Austin runs 75% clean across 311 tracked restaurants — 229 clean, 58 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 311 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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