Chinatown health inspections improving
Since our last guide to Chinatown in early 2014, more attention than ever has been paid to restaurant health inspections across Philadelphia sparked in large part by a banquet that sickened more than 100 lawyers at Joy Tsin Lau in early 2015. With the c
Since our last guide to Chinatown in early 2014, more attention than ever has been paid to restaurant health inspections across Philadelphia sparked in large part by a banquet that sickened more than 100 lawyers at Joy Tsin Lau in early 2015. With the city Health Department gaining more power to enforce recommended closures, and the Inquirer's Sam Wood noting the worst offenders in his regular "Clean Plates" column (which includes a database to search recent reports), a number of notable Chinatown spots have been forced into closing temporarily. Since the beginning of 2016, Dim Sum Garden on Race Street, Ocean City, and Wong Wong have all been asked to temporarily close. The Imperial Inn was asked to stop serving Peking duck. They have all reopened after passing subsequent inspections.
The good news, says Wood, is that inspection reports seem to be improving - especially at Joy Tsin Lau: "They've passed a number of their recent inspections with no major infractions."
- Craig LaBan
For information on restaurant inspections, go to philly.com/cleanplates