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Wow Bao
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2021
- address200 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60601
Is Wow Bao clean?
Wow Bao is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 24, 2021. 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 February 24, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • single service food containers not stored properly, instructed to store inverted to prevent contamination.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • single service food containers not stored properly, instructed to store inverted to prevent contamination.
When was Wow Bao last inspected?
Wow Bao has 7 inspections on record going back to June 28, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 23, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| June 1, 2022 | — | |
| February 24, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2018 | — |
Wow Bao vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 February 24, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.