King Wok

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 26, 2026
• address2323 W Madison St, Chicago 60612

Is King Wok clean?

King Wok is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at King Wok?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS. FOUND A SHEET TRAY OF RAW, MARINATED TERIYAKI BEEF SKEWERS ON THE FOOD PREP TABLE AT 51.5F. ALSO FOUND A BUCKET OF RAW, MARINATED CHICKEN OUT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AT 55.6F. SUGGESTED PREPARING COLD FOOD ITEMS IN SMALL BATCHES TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES. MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. APPROXIMATELY 32LBS AT $115 WORK OF PRODUCT DISCARDED. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING METHOD. FOUND RAW CHICKEN WINGS IN STILL WATER, INSIDE A BASIN OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAWING METHODS SUCH AS: WALK-IN COOLER OVERNIGHT, OR UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER AND MAINTAIN.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING METHOD. FOUND RAW CHICKEN WINGS IN STILL WATER, INSIDE A BASIN OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAWING METHODS SUCH AS: WALK-IN COOLER OVERNIGHT, OR UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED A CONTAINER OF RAW BEEF STORED ON THE FLOOR UNDER A FOOD PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE FOOD ITEMS ON FOOD APPROPRIATE SURFACES, NEVER STORE ON THE FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED A CONTAINER OF RAW BEEF STORED ON THE FLOOR UNDER A FOOD PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE FOOD ITEMS ON FOOD APPROPRIATE SURFACES, NEVER STORE ON THE FLOOR.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA MUST WEAR HAIR STRAINTS.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA MUST WEAR HAIR STRAINTS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE OUTERIOR OF THE BULK STORAGE UNITS USED TO STORE DRY INGREDIENTS (RICE, FLOUR, ETC) IN NEED OF CLEANING. ESPECIALLY IN THE CREVICES OF THE HANDLES.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO GARBAGE WIHT A LID IN THE REAR EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED MUST PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO GARBAGE WIHT A LID IN THE REAR EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED MUST PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN NEED OF CLEANING THROUGHOUT THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. ESPECIALLY FLOORS: SURROUNDING THE MOP SINK, UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER UNDER SHELVES, AND SURROUNDING COLD HOLING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED GREASE DROPLETS ABOVE THE FOOD COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED GREASE DROPLETS ABOVE THE FOOD COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.

When was King Wok last inspected?

King Wok has 42 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

King Wok vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 36% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 184 clean, 45 mid, 279 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 61% of them.

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• ✓ Cali Quick Stop
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• ✓ Crazy Bird
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• ✓ Shell
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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 January 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.