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Hot Woks Cool Sushi
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2025
- address2032 W Roscoe St, Chicago 60618
Is Hot Woks Cool Sushi clean?
Hot Woks Cool Sushi is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 19, 2025. 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 Hot Woks Cool Sushi?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE REAR PREP AND BASEMENT PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED SOAP DISPENER ATTACHED TO WALL ABOVE TWO COMPARTMENT SINK IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE SOAP DISPENSER AND ENSURE EMPLOYEES ARE ONLY WASHING THEIR HANDS AT SINKS DESIGNATED FOR HANDWASHING.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED FOIL BEING USED AS LINER ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE FOIL AND ESNURE ALL NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES REMAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANBALE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR UNDERNEATH ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR PREP AREA.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER WITHOUT ALLERGEN AWARENESS CERTIFICATE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ENSURE ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS OBTAIN ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
When was Hot Woks Cool Sushi last inspected?
Hot Woks Cool Sushi has 23 inspections on record going back to June 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2015 | Pass |
Hot Woks Cool Sushi vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 March 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.