Nicky's Chinese Food
5231 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
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
- Passed 14 of 21 graded inspections since 2020.
- Last inspected Jul 28, 2025: passed with 5 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Jul 17, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 16 times, plus 14 other repeat issues.
Inspection history 21 visits
- 2025
- Passed Jul 28
Complaint Re-Inspection
5 violations
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Personal cleanliness
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Failed Jul 17
Short Form Complaint
6 violations
- Personal cleanliness
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Sewage and wastewater properly disposed
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Passed May 30
Complaint Re-Inspection
4 violations
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Personal cleanliness
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Failed May 23
Complaint
8 violations
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Personal cleanliness
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Insects, rodents, and animals not present
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