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Wow Bao
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 4, 2024
- address2806 N Clark St, Chicago 60657
Is Wow Bao clean?
Wow Bao is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 4, 2024. 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 Wow Bao?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED 1/4 INCH GAP AT REAR EXIT DOOR SWEEP. MUST RODENT PROOF DOOR.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BASEMENT FLOOR CLUTTERED THROUGHOUT. MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS OFF BASEMENT FLOOR OR REMOVE ITEMS.
When was Wow Bao last inspected?
Wow Bao has 15 inspections on record going back to November 12, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| June 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 10, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 26, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 11, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 2, 2016 | Pass |
Wow Bao vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 June 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.