Thee Asian Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 23, 2023
• address1811 W North Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Thee Asian Restaurant clean?

Thee Asian Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 23, 2023. 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 Thee Asian Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-101.11 OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS ITEMS LIKE FRIED RICE WERE PREPARED. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AN EMPLOYEE HOLDING A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER INSIDE SEVERAL PREP COOLERS IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12 OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTER CONNECTED TO ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.116 OBSERVED USED COOKING OIL CONTAINER IN REAR ALLEY COVERED IN HEAVY BUILD UP OF GREASE AND GRIME. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.116 OBSERVED USED COOKING OIL CONTAINER IN REAR ALLEY COVERED IN HEAVY BUILD UP OF GREASE AND GRIME. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 OBSERVED HEAVY BUILD UP OF GREASE, GRIME, FOOD DEBRIS, AND DIRT ON FLOORS, WALLS, AND EQUIPMENT ALONG MAIN COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 4-202.18 OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ON FILTERS OF HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 4-202.18 OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ON FILTERS OF HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

When was Thee Asian Restaurant last inspected?

Thee Asian Restaurant has 21 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Thee Asian Restaurant 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.

Other spots in West Town

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  clean · September 19, 2011
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• ✓ The Store Front
  clean · February 7, 2023
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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 March 23, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.