Hamachi Sushi Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 23, 2026 →
• address2801 W Howard St, Chicago 60645

Is Hamachi Sushi Bar clean?

Hamachi Sushi Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 23, 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 Hamachi Sushi Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Hamachi Sushi Bar last inspected?

Hamachi Sushi Bar has 19 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Hamachi Sushi Bar vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 76% clean across 368 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 74 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 368 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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.

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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 March 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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