Viet Hoa Plaza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 23, 2026
• address1051 W Argyle St, Chicago 60640
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Viet Hoa Plaza clean?

Viet Hoa Plaza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 23, 2026. 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 Viet Hoa Plaza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • ADULTERATED FOOD. NOTED ONE A BAG OF RICE GNAWED INTO AT THE FOOD DISPLAY RACK. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY HAD EMPLOYEE DISCARD OF 15 LBS OF PRODUCTS $23.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-050(A) CITATION ISSUED.critical
  Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • ADULTERATED FOOD. NOTED ONE A BAG OF RICE GNAWED INTO AT THE FOOD DISPLAY RACK. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY HAD EMPLOYEE DISCARD OF 15 LBS OF PRODUCTS $23.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-050(A) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • NOTED BULK FOOD ITEMS STORED INSIDE CONTAINERS AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP/DRY STORAGE AND DISPLAY AREA NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL BULK AND WORKING FOOD INGREDIENT CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH CONTENTS NAME. • PREPACKED TOFU IN DISPALY COOLER MISSING LABELS. PACKAGES MUST BE LABLED WITH FOOD NAME, INGEDIENTS, SOURCE AND NET CONTENTS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON FLOOR IN THE MEAT PREP COUNTER, WALK IN COOLERS AND DRY STORAGES . MUST PROVIDE PROPER, RAISED SHELVING TO STORE FOOD CONTAINERS 6" OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON FLOOR IN THE MEAT PREP COUNTER, WALK IN COOLERS AND DRY STORAGES . MUST PROVIDE PROPER, RAISED SHELVING TO STORE FOOD CONTAINERS 6" OFF FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED ICE BUILD UP INSIDE THE WALK IN FREEZER ON THE FLOOR AND SHELVES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE CONDENSATION UNITS. • NOTED SOME USE OF MILK AND SODA CRATES FOR ELEVATION THROUGHOUT ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE MILK OR SODA CRATES FOR ELEVATION TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST. MUST PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SHELVING FOR STORAGE. ALL FOOD ITEMS MUST ALSO BE STORED 6" AWAY FROM THE WALL. • NOTED PREMISE USING PALLETS WITHOUT A PALLET MOVING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT FOR EASY REMOVAL OF PALLETS TO MAINTAINING A CLEAN PREMISE AND FREE FROM HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.

When was Viet Hoa Plaza last inspected?

Viet Hoa Plaza has 13 inspections on record going back to October 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Viet Hoa Plaza vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

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• ? M & M Food
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• ✓! Lee's Wok
  mid · February 8, 2010
• ? Hing Lung Restaurant
  cooked · May 16, 2012

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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 June 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.