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How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Last inspected Sep 17, 2025: passed with 7 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Sep 9, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 10 times, plus 19 other repeat issues.
- #25 in Chicago's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 5 of 12 graded inspections since 2021.
Inspection history 12 visits
- 2025
- Passed Sep 17
Complaint Re-Inspection
7 violations
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Allergen training as required
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Food properly labeled; original container
- Failed Sep 9
Complaint Re-Inspection
8 violations
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Food properly labeled; original container
- Insects, rodents, and animals not present
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Allergen training as required
- Failed Sep 4
Complaint Re-Inspection
9 violations
- Food properly labeled; original container
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Allergen training as required
- Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Failed Sep 2
Complaint
15 violations
- Allergen training as required
- Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Food properly labeled; original container
- Proper cold holding temperatures
- Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
- Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used
- Sewage and wastewater properly disposed
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Lao Sze Chuan, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.