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Wow Bao
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 15, 2026
- address835 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Wow Bao clean?
Wow Bao is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Wow Bao?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE UPPER PORTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Wow Bao last inspected?
Wow Bao has 22 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 2, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| May 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Wow Bao vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.