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Kai Sushi
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 2, 2026
- address1255 S State St, Chicago 60605
Is Kai Sushi clean?
Kai Sushi is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kai Sushi?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Kai Sushi last inspected?
Kai Sushi has 22 inspections on record going back to April 23, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 24, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 1, 2021 | Fail |
Kai Sushi vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.