Saimai Thai

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 9, 2026 →
• address338 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Saimai Thai clean?

Saimai Thai is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 9, 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 Saimai Thai?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container

When was Saimai Thai last inspected?

Saimai Thai has 20 inspections on record going back to November 25, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Saimai Thai vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 78% clean across 892 tracked restaurants — 687 clean, 174 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 892 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

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 February 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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