Zheng Xin Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 24, 2024
• address2002 S Wentworth, Chicago 60616

Is Zheng Xin Chicken clean?

Zheng Xin Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 24, 2024. 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 Zheng Xin Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE DURING THE INSPECTION WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. INSTRUCTED A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED THE CONTAINERS OF DRY INGREDIENTS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL WITH COMMON NAME AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE DRY INGREDIENT CONTAINERS BEING USED TO FLOUR CHICKEN NOT COVERED WHILE UNATTENDED. INSTRUCTED TO COVER ALL FOOD ITEMS TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE DRY INGREDIENT CONTAINERS BEING USED TO FLOUR CHICKEN NOT COVERED WHILE UNATTENDED. INSTRUCTED TO COVER ALL FOOD ITEMS TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING THREE SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING THREE SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CLUTTER UNDER THE HANDWASHING SINK AND UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ITEMS, DECLUTTER, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Zheng Xin Chicken last inspected?

Zheng Xin Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2023.

Zheng Xin Chicken vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 July 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.