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QIAO LIN HOTPOT CHICAGO LLC

200 E ILLINOIS ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

QIAO LIN HOTPOT CHICAGO LLC has been inspected 9 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since July 8, 2024. The most recent inspection, on July 13, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.

5 of 9 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 4 inspections with 13 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Protecting food from contamination and Pests.

Recent inspections have recorded more infractions than earlier ones, so it is worth reading the latest reports closely.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on July 6, 2026. For example: NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on November 25, 2025. For example: CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on July 6, 2026. For example: INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on November 25, 2025. For example: ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE

  • Food temperature controlHigher risk

    Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.

    Recorded once on November 25, 2025. For example: PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

9 inspections

  1. Canvass Re-Inspection

    2 infractions

    • 53. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED
      • NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEES WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • FLOOR CLUTTERED THROUGHOUT ELECTRICAL BOXES STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS OFF FLOOR OR REMOVE.
  2. Canvass

    5 infractions

    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • OBSERVED 15 LIVE SMALL FLIES ON WALLS AT REAR PREP AREA AND 20 LIVE SMALL FLIES ON WALLS ON BASEMENT PREP AREA WALLS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REMOVE ALL FLY ACTIVITY BY DATE OF REINSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A). ADVISED TO CALL PEST CONTROL OPERATOR FOR SERVICE.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD BUILD UP ON PREP AREAS SHELVES ALSO OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE. MUST CLEAN ALL PREP AREA SHELVES AND EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE.
    • 53. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED
      • NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEES WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD/DIRT BUILD UP ON WALLS AND INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS AT DISHMACHINE ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR AND INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT DISHMACHINE ROOM.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • FLOOR CLUTTERED THROUGHOUT ELECTRICAL BOXES STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS OFF FLOOR OR REMOVE.
  3. Canvass Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  4. Canvass

    6 infractions

    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • OBSERVED SEVER STATION WHERE APPETIZZERS ARE PLATED WITH NO NEARBY HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL HAND WASHING SINK PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 14. REQUIRED RECORDS AVAILABLE: SHELLSTOCK TAGS, PARASITE DESTRUCTION
      • OBSERVED OYSTERS AND MUSSELS ON SITE WITH NO SHELLSTOCK TAGS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE SHELLSTOCK TAGS ARE ON SITE FOR 90 DAYS. OYSTERS AND MUSSELS ALREADY DISCARDED SEE VIOALTION #22 PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
    • 22. PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
      • OBSERVED SEVERAL TCS FOODS HELD AT INADEQUATE TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 46-52 F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL COLD TCS FOODS ARE HELD AT 41 F AND BELOW. MANAGER DISCARDED: 4.5 POUNDS PRAWN, 3 POUND FISH FILLET, 1.5 POUND CUTTLEFISH, 1.5 POUND CRAB STICK, 5 POUNDS OYSTER, 4 POUNDS SCALLOPS, 6 POUND BEEF TRIPE, 3 POUND AORTA, 3 POUND MUSSEL, 4 POUNDS FROG LEGS, AND 8 POUNDS OF TOFU ($560) PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED SEVERAL BOXES OF FOOD STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK IN FREEZER INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE BOXES FROM FLOOR AND ENSURE ALL FOOD PRODUCTS ARE AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR.
    • 48. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & USED; TEST STRIPS
      • OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR ON SITE FOR MEASURING THE FINAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF UTENSIL IN HOT WATER DISH MACHINE INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED DEBRIS BUILD UP ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  5. License Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  6. License Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  7. License

    7 infractions

    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • A SIGN OR POSTER THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS NOT PROVIDED ON EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINKS. MUST PROVIDED HANDWASHING SIGNS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES.
    • 16. FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED
      • NOTED UNABLE TO VERIFY WASH TEMPERATURE AS DATA PLATE IS MISSING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DATA PLATE WITH MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONS AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-025. NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 25. CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW/UNDERCOOKED FOOD
      • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE OR REMINDER ON MENU FOR USE RAW AND UNDERCOOKED FOODS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION-7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • NOTED UNABLE TO VERIFIY IF ADEQUATE PROTECTION IS PROVIDED, AT SELF SERVICE BUFFET AREAS IN FRONT AND REAR OF FACILITY, AS FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE FOOD CONATINERS/ EQUIPMENT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BARRIERS AT EACH SELF SERVE BUFFET AREAS IN FRONT AND REAR OF FACILITY TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM CONSUMERS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • THE BASEBOARD AT THE UTILITY /MOP SINK ON THE 1ST FLOOR REAR PREP AREA NEEDS TO BE SMOOTHED OUT THROUGH THE JUNCTION.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED FLOOR DRAINS IN BASEMENT PREP WITH FOOD DEBRIS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 56. ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED
      • OBSERVED A BURNED-OUT LIGHT-BULB AT HOOD SYSTEM, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BULB AND MAINTAIN.
  8. License

    0 infractions

  9. License

    0 infractions

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