Gaoku

2759 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60622

Passed re-check · Aug 13, 2025 Directions
83
Good BiteKarma score 83 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 3 of 4 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Aug 13, 2025: passed with 7 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Aug 5, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices, cited 3 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 4 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Aug 13

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    7 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Allergen training as required
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  3. Failed Aug 5

    Canvass

    11 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Allergen training as required
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Required records available: shellstock tags, parasite destruction
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Sep 26

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Oct 24

    License

    5 violations
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible

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