Zheng's China Garden, Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 19, 2012
• address10912 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628

Is Zheng's China Garden, Inc. clean?

Zheng's China Garden, Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 19, 2012. 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's China Garden, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 19, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROPERLY LABEL ALL FOOD NOT IN IT'S ORIGINAL CONTAINERS. MUST STORE ALL FOODS IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS. (NO GROCERY BAGS)
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROPERLY LABEL ALL FOOD NOT IN IT'S ORIGINAL CONTAINERS. MUST STORE ALL FOODS IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS. (NO GROCERY BAGS)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE ICE BUILD UP ON THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN FREEZER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE ICE BUILD UP ON THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN FREEZER.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 10LBS OF FRIED RICE AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 90-110 DEGREES F. MUST MAINTAIN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS HOT FOODS AT 140 DEGREES F AND ABOVE. CRITICIAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF FRYERS,EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,PREP TABLES AND SINKS. MUST REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST ALSO CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE PREP AREA AND THE TOILET AND SINK IN THE WASHROOM.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER THE COOK LINE,UNDER SHLEVING UNITS,IN WASHROOM AND BEHIND FREEZERS AND REMOVE ALL DIRT,GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER THE COOK LINE,UNDER SHLEVING UNITS,IN WASHROOM AND BEHIND FREEZERS AND REMOVE ALL DIRT,GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS BEHIND COOKLINE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS BEHIND COOKLINE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • MUST PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE AT THE WASHROOM DOOR.

When was Zheng's China Garden, Inc. last inspected?

Zheng's China Garden, Inc. has 7 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2010.

Zheng's China Garden, Inc. vs Morgan Park

Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 19, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.