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Zen Noodles
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 29, 2012
- address1852 W North Ave, Chicago 60622
Is Zen Noodles clean?
Zen Noodles is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 29, 2012. 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 Zen Noodles?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 29, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. DEFROST AND CLEAN THE REACHIN FREEZERS IN THE BASEMENT HAS ICE BUILDUP OM THEM.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. PROVIDE THEMOMETERS IN THE WALKIN AND REACHIN COOLERS.Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. PROVIDE THEMOMETERS IN THE WALKIN AND REACHIN COOLERS.
When was Zen Noodles last inspected?
Zen Noodles has 5 inspections on record going back to August 13, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 14, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| February 29, 2012 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2011 | Pass | |
| August 19, 2010 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Zen Noodles vs West Town
West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 February 29, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.