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Uncle Zhang Chinese Cuisine
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 19, 2024
- address742 W 31St St, Chicago 60616
Is Uncle Zhang Chinese Cuisine clean?
Uncle Zhang Chinese Cuisine is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Uncle Zhang Chinese Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12: OBSERVED RICE COOKER STORED ON THE FLOOR WHILE COOKING RICE IN THE REAR PASTRY PREP AREA IN THE MAIN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REFRAIN FROM STORING FOOD ON FLOOR.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12: OBSERVED RICE COOKER STORED ON THE FLOOR WHILE COOKING RICE IN THE REAR PASTRY PREP AREA IN THE MAIN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REFRAIN FROM STORING FOOD ON FLOOR.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-204.119: OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING ONE SINK STOPPER FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-204.119: OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING ONE SINK STOPPER FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C): OBSERVED GREASE ENRUSTED ON THE OUTERIOR PART OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDES OF DEEP FRYERS. ALSO, OBSERVED THE INTERIOR/ OUTERIOR OF ALL THE COLD HOLDING UNITS IN THE MAIN FOOD PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING (THE DOORS, THE REAR OF THE TOP SERVING AREA, HINGES, TOPS OF THE COLD HOLDING UNITS). BUILD UP ON FOOD DEBRIS FOUND ON THE LOWER SHELVES UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLES IN THE MAIN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114: OBSERVED SOILED CARDBOARD BOXES BEING USED ON THE FLOOR, THE SHELVES UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLES, AND ON THE SPICE CART IN THE MAIN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CARDBOARD AND MAINTAIN.
When was Uncle Zhang Chinese Cuisine last inspected?
Uncle Zhang Chinese Cuisine has 10 inspections on record going back to October 31, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 13, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 4, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2022 | Fail |
Uncle Zhang Chinese Cuisine vs Bridgeport
Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.
Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 19, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.