Yu Choy

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 23, 2018
• address548 N Wells St, Chicago 60654

Is Yu Choy clean?

Yu Choy is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 23, 2018. 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 Yu Choy?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED PRODUCE STORED IN THE COOK LINE COOLER WITHOUT PROPER CONTAINER STORED DIRECTLY ON COOLER SHELVES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER CONTAINER OR WRAP TO STORED FOOD IN COOLERS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED PRODUCE STORED IN THE COOK LINE COOLER WITHOUT PROPER CONTAINER STORED DIRECTLY ON COOLER SHELVES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER CONTAINER OR WRAP TO STORED FOOD IN COOLERS.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED BOWLS BEING USED TO DISPENSE BULK GOODS IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SCOOPS WITH HANDLES.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED BOWLS BEING USED TO DISPENSE BULK GOODS IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SCOOPS WITH HANDLES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE OIL ACCUMULATING INSIDE THE FRYER LOWER CABINET. OBSERVED FOOD RESIDUE ON COOK LINE SHELF OPPOSITE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOLER HANDLES. OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DUST AND OIL FORMING ON COOK LINE HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN BASEMENT PREP AREA NEAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD OR SHATTER PROOF BULBS.

When was Yu Choy last inspected?

Yu Choy has 13 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Yu Choy vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 23, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.