Chopstick Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π.
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result β no violations of any severity were recorded.
Chopstick Express has 24 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 23, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 4, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants β 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.
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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.