Fire Bowl Hibachi

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 20, 2026
• address1143 N Wells St, Chicago 60610

Is Fire Bowl Hibachi clean?

Fire Bowl Hibachi is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fire Bowl Hibachi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • HAND WASHING ONLY SIGNAGE NEEDED AT REAR HAND WASHING STATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED KNIVES BEING STORED AT THE WALL BETWEEN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE WALL. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE A KNIFE HOLDER OF SOME SORT IN THAT AREA FOR STORING KNIVES.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED KNIVES BEING STORED AT THE WALL BETWEEN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE WALL. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE A KNIFE HOLDER OF SOME SORT IN THAT AREA FOR STORING KNIVES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE REAR HAND WASHING SINK WITH A LEAK AT THE DRAIN PIPE...THE REAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE SANITIZE SINK DRAIN PIPE...THE FRONT HAND WASHING SINK LEAK FROM THE BOTTOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR IN THE REAR AND IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING ALONG THE WALLS AND IN SOME CORNERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION ON SITE FOR MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND PROVIDE ON SITE.

When was Fire Bowl Hibachi last inspected?

Fire Bowl Hibachi has 7 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2024.

Fire Bowl Hibachi vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.