Cai

2100 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

Passed · Sep 5, 2025 Directions
71
Fair BiteKarma score 71 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 6 of 12 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Sep 5, 2025: passed with 11 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 11 times, plus 19 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 12 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Sep 5

    Canvass

    11 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Food properly labeled; original container
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Sep 30

    Complaint Re-Inspection

    8 violations
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Approved thawing methods used
  5. Failed Sep 25

    Complaint Re-Inspection

    9 violations
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Previous priority foundation violation corrected
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Approved thawing methods used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
  6. Failed Sep 11

    Complaint

    12 violations
    • Previous core violation corrected
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Approved thawing methods used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible

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