Yum Cha

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2015
• address333 E Benton Pl, Chicago 60601

Is Yum Cha clean?

Yum Cha is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2015. 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 Yum Cha?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • NOTED EMPLOYEES PREPPING AT THE KITCHEN WITHOUT WEARING GLOVES. STILL NOTED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AT THE PREP LINE WITH A PHONE AND AFTER USING THE PHONE, PUT THE PHONE IN HIS POCKET AND WITH WASHING HANDS OR WEARING GLOVES CONTINUED TO PREPARE AND SERVE FOOD AT THE PREP LINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR GLOVES WHEN HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD ITEMS AND MUST WASH HANDS AFTER EACH GLOVE CHANGE OR WHEN MOVING FROM ONE TASK TO ANOTHER. CITATION ISSUED FOR CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-38-010(A)
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NOTED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED (BEEF,CHICKEN,SOUPS, DIN SUNG ETC). INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS HAVE A FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES. CITATION ISSUED FOR SERIOUS VIOLATION #7-38-012.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED HEAVY DIRT ACCUMULATION ENCRUSTED ON SHELVES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED HEAVY DIRT ACCUMULATION ENCRUSTED ON SHELVES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SHELVES ON AROUND COUNTER TOPS ESPECIALLY BY THE MICROWAVE MACHINE WITH FOOD SPILLS AND OLD FOOD PARTICLES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AT THE DISH WASHING AREA, COOKING STOVE AND AT THE BAR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AT THE DISH WASHING AREA, COOKING STOVE AND AT THE BAR.

When was Yum Cha last inspected?

Yum Cha has 4 inspections on record going back to March 20, 2014.

Yum Cha vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 September 3, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.