San Soo Gab San

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 25, 2026
• address5247-5251 N Western Ave, Chicago 60625

Is San Soo Gab San clean?

San Soo Gab San is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at San Soo Gab San?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED A SMALL DARK STAIN ON THE INSIDE PANEL OF ICE MACHINE IN THE BEVERAGE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO SCHEDULE A CLEANING AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SMALL BOWLS BEING USED AS A SCOOP INSIDE OF BEEF CONTAINER IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND IN OIL CONTAINER IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE BOWLS AS SCOOPS AND TO USE UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PROTECT FOOD ITEMS FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SMALL BOWLS BEING USED AS A SCOOP INSIDE OF BEEF CONTAINER IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND IN OIL CONTAINER IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE BOWLS AS SCOOPS AND TO USE UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PROTECT FOOD ITEMS FROM CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE USE THANK YOU BAGS BEING USED TO STORE RICE NOODLES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT NOT TO RE-USE SINGLE USE BAGS AND TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS OR BAGS.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE USE THANK YOU BAGS BEING USED TO STORE RICE NOODLES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT NOT TO RE-USE SINGLE USE BAGS AND TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS OR BAGS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED 1/2 CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO MANAGER(S).

When was San Soo Gab San last inspected?

San Soo Gab San has 23 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

San Soo Gab San vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 March 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.