Yoshi's Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 4, 2021
• address3257 N Halsted St, Chicago 60657

Is Yoshi's Cafe clean?

Yoshi's Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Yoshi's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.11(B-E)- INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE UPPER RESERVOIR ICE SHOOT DIRTY. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-204.12- MUST PROVIDE LIDS FOR BOTH OF THE BAR ICE BINS. 4-202.16- MUST NOT USE TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR FOR ATTACHED METAL STRIPPING AT THE FRONT KITCHEN HAND WASHING SINK.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13- MUST NOT USE CLOTH TOWELS AS LINER FOR SHELVING INSIDE THE BAR COOLERS OR STORAGE SHELVING THROUGHOUT.----RAW WOODEN SHELVING UNDER FOOD EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR KITCHEN. MUST SEAL TO BE NON-POROUS. SHELVING MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-101.11- MISSING GROUT BETWEEN FLOOR TILES AND DAMAGED FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT SEVERAL AREAS IN THE REAR KITCHEN. WORN FLOORING EXPOSING RAW WOOD IN THE FRONT KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE ALL. 6-201.11- BLACKENED, MOLDY WALL CAULKING AT THE REAR KITCHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPLACE.----NOTED EXPANDING SPRAY FOAM AS A SEALANT IN SEAMS OF THE WALLS THROUGHOUT SEVERAL WALK-IN COOLERS. MUST REMOVE AND USE SEALANT THAT IS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE..
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR BOTH THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Yoshi's Cafe last inspected?

Yoshi's Cafe has 24 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Yoshi's Cafe vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Beggars Pizza
  clean · October 31, 2014
• ✓ The Dugout
  clean · November 15, 2011
• ✓ Penny's Noodle Shop
  clean · May 30, 2013
• ✓ Duck N' Roll
  clean · October 24, 2011
• ✓ Wells Street Popcorn
  clean · April 27, 2020
• ✓ Beezzee
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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 March 4, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.