Tony's Chinese American Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 19, 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 Tony's Chinese American Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 19, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED PREP TABLE NOT MAINTAINED, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST/OR REPLACE.ALSO CUTTING BOARD NOT MAINTAINED STAINED/PITTED, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED PREP TABLE NOT MAINTAINED, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST/OR REPLACE.ALSO CUTTING BOARD NOT MAINTAINED STAINED/PITTED, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE WOK STATION/DRIP TRAYS AREA NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEAN STRAINER AT UNUSED DISH MACHINE.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND THE EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND THE EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED SERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES OUT SIDE THE RESTROOM'S INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED SERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES OUT SIDE THE RESTROOM'S INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
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Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED SOME CLUTTER IN REAR YARD, INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE/REMOVE ITEMS NOT BEING USED.
When was Tony's Chinese American Restaurant last inspected?
Tony's Chinese American Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to February 4, 2014.
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 19, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.