Ginza Sushi Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 1, 2013
• address17 E Ohio St, Chicago 60611

Is Ginza Sushi Restaurant clean?

Ginza Sushi Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 1, 2013. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Ginza Sushi Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 1, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED GROCERY BAGS USED TO STORE FROZEN MEATS IN THE FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED GROCERY BAGS USED TO STORE FROZEN MEATS IN THE FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • REPLACE DIRTY BUS TRAYS FOR THE DISHMACHINE THAT CAN NO LONGER BE EFFECTIVELY CLEANED. DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, STAINLESS STEEL SHELVES, WIRE RACKS IN THE PREP COOLERS, FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. REPAIR THE FLOOR SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALONG THE WALLS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. REPAIR THE FLOOR SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALONG THE WALLS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS AND COLUMN IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA HAS CHIPPED PAINT. MUST SCRAPE AND REPAINT WALLS AND COLUMN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS AND COLUMN IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA HAS CHIPPED PAINT. MUST SCRAPE AND REPAINT WALLS AND COLUMN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST INSTALL LIGHT SHIELDS WITH END CAPS FOR LIGHT FIXTURE ABOVE THE PREP TABLE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • THE FAUCET FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE SUSHI BAR DOES NOT REACH ALL COMPARTMENTS OF THE SINK. MUST INSTALL A LONGER FAUCET.

When was Ginza Sushi Restaurant last inspected?

Ginza Sushi Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to September 20, 2010.

Ginza Sushi Restaurant vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 1, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.