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Bai Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 17, 2024
- address3406 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Bai Cafe clean?
Bai Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 17, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bai Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Bai Cafe last inspected?
Bai Cafe has 27 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| May 14, 2025 | — | |
| April 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 16, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 27, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 10, 2021 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Bai Cafe vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 April 17, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.