Phobo Sushi

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2025
• address3406 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Phobo Sushi clean?

Phobo Sushi is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Phobo Sushi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUSTY SURFACES ON BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES IN REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT THE UTILITY MOP SINK LOCATED IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. MUST INSTALL A BACKFLOW PREVENTOR DEVICE AT THE UTILITY SINK AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DUST AND DIRT INSIDE CEILING LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE PREP TABLES IN REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Phobo Sushi last inspected?

Phobo Sushi has 2 inspections on record going back to December 17, 2025.

Phobo Sushi vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 December 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.