Sakae

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 21, 2014
• address2918-2920 N Clark St, Chicago 60657

Is Sakae clean?

Sakae is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 21, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sakae?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL AND DATE ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR PREP AREA.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL AND DATE ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL APLASH GUARD ON SUSHI BAR EXPOSED HAND SINK BETWEEN SINK AND PREP CUTTING BOARD.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL APLASH GUARD ON SUSHI BAR EXPOSED HAND SINK BETWEEN SINK AND PREP CUTTING BOARD.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR OPENING INTO CEILING ABOVE FOOD STORAGR SHELVING IN SUSHI BAR AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR OPENING INTO CEILING ABOVE FOOD STORAGR SHELVING IN SUSHI BAR AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • ADDITIONAL WATER PRESSURE IS NEEDED AT FRONT SUSHI BAR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE. EXPOSED HANDWAS SINK IN SUSHI BAR IS DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR.

When was Sakae last inspected?

Sakae has 2 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2014.

Sakae vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 January 21, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.