Sushi Koi

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 4, 2024
• address2156 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Sushi Koi clean?

Sushi Koi is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 4, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sushi Koi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS INSIDE 2-DOOR COOLER LOCATED IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA. SALMON AT 57.3F, IMITATION CRAB AT 56.5F, GROUND TUNA 56.8F, CREAM CHEESE 58.1F. MANAGEMENT IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 40# OF FOOD WORTH $450. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED 2-DOOR PREP COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA MAINTAINING AN IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 78.9F COOLER WAS USED TO STORE TCS FOODS. COOLER TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED, MAINTAINS A TEMPERATURE OF 41.F OR BELOW, CDPH CONTACTED FOR TAG REMOVAL. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETERS IN ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS. MUST MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABLE FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED INSIDE ICE BIN IN FRONT SMOOTHIE AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE SCOOS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED INSIDE ICE BIN IN FRONT SMOOTHIE AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE SCOOS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINS WHEN FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINS WHEN FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF FOOD PREPARATION TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITAZIG SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN FRONT SMOOTHIE PREP AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN FRONT SMOOTHIE PREP AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • ADDITIONAL WATER PRESSURE NEEDED AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN SUSHI FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR/PROVIDE WATER PRESSURE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON VENTILATION VENTS IN CUSTOMERS WASHROOMS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON WALLS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, BEHIND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND CEILING ABOVE DISHWAHING AREA. MUST CLEAN AN MAINTAIN WALLS AND CEILING AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT REAR DRY STORAGE AREA, UNDER AROUND AND BEHING ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT REFRIGERATION UNITS AND REAR DISHWASHING AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR CLEAN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Sushi Koi last inspected?

Sushi Koi has 7 inspections on record going back to December 22, 2020.

Sushi Koi vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.