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Golden Gai Sushi
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 19, 2024
- address1144 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
Is Golden Gai Sushi clean?
Golden Gai Sushi is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 19, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Golden Gai Sushi?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 OBSERVED AN EXPOSED SEWER PIPE LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE FILTERED WATER STATION IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND BEHIND THE BAR DIRECTLY NEXT TO GLASSWARE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ITEMS AND DO NOT STORE ANYTHING NEXT TO EXPOSED SEWER PIPES OR PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION AROUND THE SEWER PIPES.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 OBSERVED AN EXPOSED SEWER PIPE LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE FILTERED WATER STATION IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND BEHIND THE BAR DIRECTLY NEXT TO GLASSWARE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ITEMS AND DO NOT STORE ANYTHING NEXT TO EXPOSED SEWER PIPES OR PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION AROUND THE SEWER PIPES.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGERS.
When was Golden Gai Sushi last inspected?
Golden Gai Sushi has 10 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| May 7, 2025 | — | |
| November 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2024 | — | |
| December 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2023 | — | |
| November 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 24, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2021 | Fail |
Golden Gai Sushi vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 November 19, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.