Gaijin

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 3, 2026 →
• address950 W Lake St, Chicago 60607

Is Gaijin clean?

Gaijin is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Gaijin?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Gaijin last inspected?

Gaijin has 13 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Gaijin vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,031 clean, 233 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,294 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

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  mid · October 25, 2019
• ✓! Relos
  mid · April 5, 2019
• ✓! Mean Bao
  mid · January 10, 2020
• ✓! Trivoli Tavern
  mid · April 30, 2026
• ✓! Sydney's
  mid · December 26, 2019
• ✕ Recess
  cooked · September 2, 2026

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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