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Volcano Sushi Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 1, 2021
- address1062 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607
Is Volcano Sushi Cafe clean?
Volcano Sushi Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 1, 2021. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Volcano Sushi Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2021. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Volcano Sushi Cafe last inspected?
Volcano Sushi Cafe has 16 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| December 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 8, 2021 | — | |
| October 1, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2020 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 17, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 9, 2017 | Pass |
Volcano Sushi Cafe vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 December 1, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.