The Sit Down Cafe & Sushi Bar

1312 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615

Passed · Apr 29, 2025 Directions
96
Excellent BiteKarma score 96 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 7 of 7 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Apr 29, 2025: passed with 2 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 3 times, plus 1 other repeat issue.

Inspection history 7 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Apr 29

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Dec 3

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  5. Perfect Feb 16

    Canvass

    No violations

  6. 2023
  7. Passed Jul 27

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized

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