Volcano Sushi Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 19, 2022
• address2521 N California Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Volcano Sushi Restaurant clean?

Volcano Sushi Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 19, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Volcano Sushi Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 19, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED RAW PORK, CRAB MEAT, SHRIMP AND POTSTICKERS BEING THAWED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. ALSO OBSERVED RAW MEAT BEING THAWED IN A CONTAINER OF WATER IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY THAW TCS FOODS.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED RAW PORK, CRAB MEAT, SHRIMP AND POTSTICKERS BEING THAWED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. ALSO OBSERVED RAW MEAT BEING THAWED IN A CONTAINER OF WATER IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY THAW TCS FOODS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE MICROWAVE, DEEP FRYERS, STOVE, BROILER, AND WOK STATION IN THE REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • CLEAN THE TOILET IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN THE BASEMENT.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • CLEAN THE TOILET IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN THE BASEMENT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE WALL IN THE SUSHI PREP AREA AND WALLS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITH FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ON THEM. CLEAN THE FLOOR BENEATH THE PREP TABLE IN THE SUSHI PREP AREA AND IN THE CLOSET UNDER THE SHELF. CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLER.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM IS NOT OPERATIONAL. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE THE FAN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM IS NOT OPERATIONAL. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE THE FAN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING.

When was Volcano Sushi Restaurant last inspected?

Volcano Sushi Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to January 14, 2020.

Volcano Sushi Restaurant vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 April 19, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.