Tai Nang

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 15, 2019
• address937 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Tai Nang clean?

Tai Nang is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2019. 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 Tai Nang?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE PREP TABLE IN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT BULBS IN FOOD PREP AREA.MUST PROVIDE AND ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN FOOD PREP AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE PREP TABLE IN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT BULBS IN FOOD PREP AREA.MUST PROVIDE AND ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN FOOD PREP AREA.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNS NEAR TO HAND WASHING SINKS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED IMPROPER DATE MARKING ON TCS FOODS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED. OBSERVED OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTER OVERFLOWING PREVENTING LID FROM CLOSING PROPERLY ALSO OBSERVED GARBAGE AND TRASH ON GROUND SURROUNDING DUMPSTER SUCH AS PLASTIC BAGS, PAPERS BOXES ETC. THIS IS FOOD SOURCE OF RODENTS AND OTHER PEST. PIC CORRECTED VIOLATION BY PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN INTO DUMPSTER AND SWEEPING GROUND SURROUNDING GARBAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(C) CITATION ISSUED.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED. OBSERVED OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTER OVERFLOWING PREVENTING LID FROM CLOSING PROPERLY ALSO OBSERVED GARBAGE AND TRASH ON GROUND SURROUNDING DUMPSTER SUCH AS PLASTIC BAGS, PAPERS BOXES ETC. THIS IS FOOD SOURCE OF RODENTS AND OTHER PEST. PIC CORRECTED VIOLATION BY PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN INTO DUMPSTER AND SWEEPING GROUND SURROUNDING GARBAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(C) CITATION ISSUED.

When was Tai Nang last inspected?

Tai Nang has 3 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2018.

Tai Nang vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 April 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.