Jiao

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 6, 2025
• address18 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60603

Is Jiao clean?

Jiao is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Jiao?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (MEAT STUFFED DUMPLINGS) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE PIPE UNDERNEATH HANDSINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATION IN THE VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE COOKING AND FRYING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATION IN THE VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE COOKING AND FRYING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2593601 DATED 4/29/24 NOT CORRECTED: VIOLATION #58 (2-102.13) "NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING PROVIDED FOR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE." PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2593601 DATED 4/29/24 NOT CORRECTED: VIOLATION #58 (2-102.13) "NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING PROVIDED FOR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE." PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Jiao last inspected?

Jiao has 13 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jiao 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 16% of them.

Other spots in Loop

• ✓! Jiao
  mid · October 1, 2019
• ✓ The Lunchroom
  clean · September 12, 2019
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  clean · September 12, 2019
• ✓! Urban Pantry
  mid · August 20, 2019
• ✓! Urban Pantry
  mid · August 20, 2019
• ✓! Opus
  mid · September 19, 2019

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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 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.