Sun Wah Bar-B-Q

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 4, 2026 →
• address5039-5043 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Sun Wah Bar-B-Q clean?

Sun Wah Bar-B-Q is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sun Wah Bar-B-Q?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Sun Wah Bar-B-Q last inspected?

Sun Wah Bar-B-Q has 34 inspections on record going back to December 17, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sun Wah Bar-B-Q vs Uptown

Uptown runs 80% clean across 339 tracked restaurants — 267 clean, 61 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 339 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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.

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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 August 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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