Wok! You Want

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 27, 2025
• address3051 N California Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Wok! You Want clean?

Wok! You Want is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Wok! You Want?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING PROCEDURE OF CHICKEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, THAWING MUST OCCUR UNDER REFRIGERATION THAT MAINTAINS THE FOOD TEMPERATURE AT 41.0F OR LESS OR COMPLETELY SUBMERGED UNDER RUNNING WATER OR THAWED IN A MICROWAVE OVEN AND IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRED TO CONVENTIONAL COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH NO INTERRUPTION IN THE PROCESS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN CORRECT THAWING PROCEDURES.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING PROCEDURE OF CHICKEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT, THAWING MUST OCCUR UNDER REFRIGERATION THAT MAINTAINS THE FOOD TEMPERATURE AT 41.0F OR LESS OR COMPLETELY SUBMERGED UNDER RUNNING WATER OR THAWED IN A MICROWAVE OVEN AND IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRED TO CONVENTIONAL COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH NO INTERRUPTION IN THE PROCESS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN CORRECT THAWING PROCEDURES.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED WITH COMMON NAME (FLOUR, SALT, SUGAR ETC)
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN, REPAINT OR REPLACE RUSTY METAL STORAGE RACKS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF (2) HANDSINKS, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, MOPSINK AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SIDES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION. ---------MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SOILED CLOTH CURTAIN BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER. • INSTRUCTED TO TRANSFER FOOD PRODUCTS FROM AN OPEN ORIGINAL CAN CONTAINER INTO FOOD GRADE CONTAINER FOR PROPER FOOD STORAGE INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER IN THE KITCHEN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL PREP COOLERS AND REACH-IN COOLER IN THE KITCHEN. -------MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS AND FOOD CARTS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR AND FLOOR DRAIN WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN ESPECIALLY UNDER AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND FLOORS THROUGHOUT WALK-IN COOLER. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS WITH DRIED FOOD SPILLAGE AROUND THE KITCHEN. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN KITCHEN HOOD AND FILTERS WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION AND CEILING VENT COVER WITH EXCESSIVE ABOVE FRONT SERVICE/DINING AREA.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT CERTIFICATE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT CERTIFICATE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.

When was Wok! You Want last inspected?

Wok! You Want has 5 inspections on record going back to November 9, 2022.

Wok! You Want vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 May 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.