See Thru Chinese Kitchen Inc is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 26, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at See Thru Chinese Kitchen Inc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED. ALL COOKED AND/OR PREPARED FOODS STORED IN COOLERS MUST HAVE LABEL AND DATE WHEN PRODUCT(S) ARE HELD OVER 24 HOURS.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED. ALL COOKED AND/OR PREPARED FOODS STORED IN COOLERS MUST HAVE LABEL AND DATE WHEN PRODUCT(S) ARE HELD OVER 24 HOURS.
⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL SINGLE-SERVICE UTENSILS MUST BE STORED IN CLEAN CONTAINERS WITH HANDLES FACING UP OR OUT. MUST USE FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS AND FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN STORING UNCOVERED FOODS IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS(NO PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS).
Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL SINGLE-SERVICE UTENSILS MUST BE STORED IN CLEAN CONTAINERS WITH HANDLES FACING UP OR OUT. MUST USE FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS AND FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN STORING UNCOVERED FOODS IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS(NO PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS).
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN AND/OR PAINT EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP. PAINT OR REPLACE ALL RUSTY STORAGE RACKS. MUST REPLACE ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS THAT ARE NO LONGER EASILY CLEANABLE.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN AND/OR PAINT EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP. PAINT OR REPLACE ALL RUSTY STORAGE RACKS. MUST REPLACE ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS THAT ARE NO LONGER EASILY CLEANABLE.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF ALL COOLERS, FREEZERS, DEEP FRYERS, WOK COOKING STATIONS, STORAGE SHELVES AND RACKS, ALL SINKS, EXTERIORS OF ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS, SIDES, AND LEGS AND WHEELS OF ALL EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT FOOD PREP AREA.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN ALL LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT. CLEAN, PAINT AND/OR REPLCE ALL WALLS, DOORS AND CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN ALL LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT. CLEAN, PAINT AND/OR REPLCE ALL WALLS, DOORS AND CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT.
🧻grimy wiping cloths
Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • NOTICED DIRTY MOP WATER IN MOP PAIL, MUST DISCARD WATER FROM BUCKET AND STOREMOPS UPRIGHT TO AIR DRY TO ELIMINATE PEST BREEDING.
⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ALL WIPING CLOTHS USED IN PREP AREA MUST BE STORED IN CONTAINERS WITH SANITARY SOLUTION.
Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ALL WIPING CLOTHS USED IN PREP AREA MUST BE STORED IN CONTAINERS WITH SANITARY SOLUTION.
When was See Thru Chinese Kitchen Inc last inspected?
See Thru Chinese Kitchen Inc has 12 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2010.
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 February 26, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.