See Thru Chinese Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 12, 2021
• address8357 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619

Is See Thru Chinese Kitchen clean?

See Thru Chinese Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 12, 2021. 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 See Thru Chinese Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • WE OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN PREP AREA NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR USE.(EMPLOYEE PREPING , COOKING FOODS UPON INSPECTION). FOUND BOTTLED CLEANING SUPPLIES STORED INSIDE OF HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED PIC TO REMOVED AND REMINDED PIC THAT HANDWASHING SINK MUST ALWAYS BE ACCESSIBLE FOR HANDWASHING NOTHING IN, ON OR IN FRONT OF SINK,-COS. PRIORITY VIOLATING ISSUED 7-38-030(C).
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXTERIOR, INTERIOR, SHELVES OF ALL COOLERS NOT CLEAN/ MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. MUST MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WE OBSERVED WALLS,DOORS, FLOORS OF ESTABLISHMENT NOT CLEAN/MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED TO THROUGHLY CLEAN, DUST, GRIME, DEBRIS BUILD-UP ON WALLS, DOORS AND FLOORS.

When was See Thru Chinese Kitchen last inspected?

See Thru Chinese Kitchen has 27 inspections on record going back to October 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

See Thru Chinese Kitchen vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 January 12, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.