Szechuan Cuisine

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 1, 2019
• address2414 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Szechuan Cuisine clean?

Szechuan Cuisine is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 1, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Szechuan Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 1, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED SOME BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN THE BASEMENT WITH NAME OF PRODUCT INSIDE FADED ON CONTAINER; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE NAME OF ITEM ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS USED IN THE KITCHEN TO WIPE COUNTER SURFACES STORED ON THE TABLE; INSTRUCTED TO STORE CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WITH THE PROPER PPM FOR THE SOLUTION USED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • FOUND NO SINK STOPPERS FOR BOTH THREE COMP SINKS ON PREMISES; MUST PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF SINK STOPPERS FOR BOTH SINKS. FOUND THE RUBBER GASKETS AT THE TWO DOOR PREP COOLERS IN POOR REPAIR; INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE GASKETS WHERE NEEDED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE FRYERS AND WOK STATION, INTERIORS OF ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND NO BACKFLOW DEVICE AT THE ICE MACHINE OR THE UTILITY SINK IN THE BASEMENT; MUST PROVIDE. A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE SHALL BE LOCATED SO THAT IT MAY BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE CEILING OF THE BASEMENT NEAR THE DISHWASHER; INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLE IN THE CEILING. • OBSERVED THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE FOOD PARTICLES AND GREASE; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED THE WALLS AND PIPING ALONG THE WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEEDS CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEEDS CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was Szechuan Cuisine last inspected?

Szechuan Cuisine has 16 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Szechuan Cuisine vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in Armour Square

• ✓ Chinese Community Center Of Chicago
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• ✓! Kam Fung Restaurant
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• ✓ Ibao Express Food
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• ✓ Burger King
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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 February 1, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.