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Cai
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 8, 2026
- address2100 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60616
Is Cai clean?
Cai is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cai?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ADDITIONAL CLEANING NEEDED TO THE TOPS OF THE FLOOR MIXERS, BOTTOM OF FRYERS, AND EXTERIOR OF BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS NEED ADDITIONAL CLEANING UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES; INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES OBTAIN VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES; INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES OBTAIN VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
When was Cai last inspected?
Cai has 14 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 24, 2023 | Pass |
Cai vs Armour Square
Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.
Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.