Nobu

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 10, 2026 →
• address854 W Randolph St, Chicago 60607

Is Nobu clean?

Nobu is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 10, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Nobu?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Nobu last inspected?

Nobu has 13 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 4 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Nobu vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 81% clean across 1,308 tracked restaurants — 1,041 clean, 229 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 1,308 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

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  mid · June 26, 2020
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  mid · June 26, 2020
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  mid · June 26, 2020
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  mid · June 26, 2020
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  mid · March 31, 2025
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  clean · March 5, 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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