Tai Tsang Chinese Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 7, 2016
• address1512 N La Salle Dr, Chicago 60610

Is Tai Tsang Chinese Restaurant clean?

Tai Tsang Chinese Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 7, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Tai Tsang Chinese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • KITCHEN POTS AND PANS AT REAR SHELVINGS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED AND INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE AND MAINTAIN.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • KITCHEN POTS AND PANS AT REAR SHELVINGS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED AND INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUST ON SHELVINGS INSIDE THE WALK-IN-COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE OR REPAIR USING A NON-TOXIC FINISH AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED WORNED-OUT CUTTING BOARDS STAINED WITH DEEP CUTS.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUST ON SHELVINGS INSIDE THE WALK-IN-COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE OR REPAIR USING A NON-TOXIC FINISH AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED WORNED-OUT CUTTING BOARDS STAINED WITH DEEP CUTS.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED KITCHEN HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS WITH GREASE BUILD-UP ON PIPES.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE GREASE BUILD-UP AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED KITCHEN HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENTS WITH GREASE BUILD-UP ON PIPES.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE GREASE BUILD-UP AND MAINTAIN.
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  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED SMALL WATER LEAK AT BASE OF FAUCET AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES MUST BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENT NOT MET.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS WHEN EMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS AS REQUIRED.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENT NOT MET.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS WHEN EMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS AS REQUIRED.

When was Tai Tsang Chinese Restaurant last inspected?

Tai Tsang Chinese Restaurant has 11 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2011.

Tai Tsang Chinese Restaurant vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 7, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.