Taiwan & Thai Asian Food

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 17, 2015
• address2558 S Springfield Ave, Chicago 60623

Is Taiwan & Thai Asian Food clean?

Taiwan & Thai Asian Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 17, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taiwan & Thai Asian Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2015, 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 • OBSERVED A CUTTING BOARD STORED BEHIND THE FAUCET OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. OBSERVED SCOOPS BEING STORED IN THE FLOUR, RICE IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA AND A CUP IN A CONTAINER OF CHICKEN IN THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND STORE ALL MULTI USE UTENSILS PROPERLY.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED A CUTTING BOARD STORED BEHIND THE FAUCET OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. OBSERVED SCOOPS BEING STORED IN THE FLOUR, RICE IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA AND A CUP IN A CONTAINER OF CHICKEN IN THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND STORE ALL MULTI USE UTENSILS PROPERLY.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ICE ACCUMULATION INSIDE OF THE FREEZER AND REACH IN FREEZER LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ICE ACCUMULATION INSIDE OF THE FREEZER AND REACH IN FREEZER LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE AND MAINTAIN.
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  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING ARE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS; INSIDE AND UNDER THE WOK STATION AND INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED A STAINED CUTTING BOARD WITH DARK GROOVES ATTACHED TO THE PREP COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE CUTTING BOARD AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS THRU OUT THE PREMISES ARE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE FOOD AND DIRT DEBRIS. OBSERVED A DEAD MOUSE ON A TRAP IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS THRU OUT THE PREMISES ARE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE FOOD AND DIRT DEBRIS. OBSERVED A DEAD MOUSE ON A TRAP IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE DEBRIS ON THE VENTS LOCATED ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE DEBRIS ON THE VENTS LOCATED ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN THE PREP COOLER LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN THE PREP COOLER LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
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  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED CLEANING EQUIPMENT STORED ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE 3 COMPARMENT SINK. ALSO OBSERVED BOXES STORED ON THE GROUND. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE EVERYTHING AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM THE GROUND AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED MOP HEAD BEING STORED IN THE MOP CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL MOP HEADS UPRIGHT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Taiwan & Thai Asian Food last inspected?

Taiwan & Thai Asian Food has 5 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2015.

Taiwan & Thai Asian Food vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 December 17, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.