Kawa

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 25, 2026
• address3417 S Halsted St, Chicago 60608

Is Kawa clean?

Kawa is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 25, 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 Kawa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASHING SINK ACROSS FROM THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12: OBSERVED CONTAINERS AND BUCKETS OF FOOD ITEMS STORED ON THE IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE FOOD ITEMS FROM FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12: OBSERVED CONTAINERS AND BUCKETS OF FOOD ITEMS STORED ON THE IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE FOOD ITEMS FROM FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15: OBSERVED A LEAKING FROM THE PIPE UNDER THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR, SUSHI PREP AREA. WATER PROFUSELY LEAKING INTO A BUCKET OF DIRTY DISHES STORED UNDER SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13: OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST TAKE COURSE AND MAINTAIN RECORD ON SITE.

When was Kawa last inspected?

Kawa has 13 inspections on record going back to May 5, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Kawa vs Bridgeport

Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 31% of them.

Other spots in Bridgeport

• ✓ Antique Taco
  clean · March 4, 2026
• ✓ Antique Taco
  clean · June 17, 2016
• ✓ Vp
  clean · July 8, 2015
• ✕ Leland Spa And Smoothies
  cooked · March 1, 2016
• ✓ Morgan Repair & Food
  clean · September 9, 2016
• ✓ Maria's/Kimski
  clean · January 10, 2025

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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 June 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.