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Hot Woks Cool Sushi
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 17, 2025
- address30 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60603
Is Hot Woks Cool Sushi clean?
Hot Woks Cool Sushi is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. 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 April 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPAIR TORN GASKETS ON THE INSIDE OF REACH-IN COOLER AT THE END OF COOKLINE IN THE REAR PREP AREA.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATION ON THE FAN GUARDS IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LOW WATER PRESSURE FOR HOT WATER IN THE SUSHI PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Hot Woks Cool Sushi last inspected?
Hot Woks Cool Sushi has 20 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 14, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 16, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 1, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 30, 2016 | Fail |
Hot Woks Cool Sushi vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 April 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.