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1 N Wacker Kitchen And Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address1 N Wacker Dr, Chicago 60606
Is 1 N Wacker Kitchen And Bar clean?
1 N Wacker Kitchen And Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at 1 N Wacker Kitchen And Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED GROUND BENEATH OUTDOOR (LOADING DOCK AREA) GREASE DISPOSAL CONTAINER SOILED WITH SMALL GREASE PUDDLE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN REFUSE AND GREASE DISPOSAL AREAS AND ENCLOSURES AND MAINTAIN ALL REFUSE AREAS AND ENCLOSURES FREE FROM CLUTTER AND SOIL.Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED GROUND BENEATH OUTDOOR (LOADING DOCK AREA) GREASE DISPOSAL CONTAINER SOILED WITH SMALL GREASE PUDDLE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN REFUSE AND GREASE DISPOSAL AREAS AND ENCLOSURES AND MAINTAIN ALL REFUSE AREAS AND ENCLOSURES FREE FROM CLUTTER AND SOIL.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALL-MOUNTED FIXTURE FOR WATER AND SODA FEED LINES IN THE BAR AREA CONSTRUCTED OF FOIL-LIKE MATERIAL THAT IS NOT EASILY-CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE OR COVER WALL-MOUNTED FIXTURE WITH A SURFACES THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY-CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN ALL WALL AND CEILING ATTACHMENTS SMOOTH AND EASILY-CLEANABLE. • OBSERVED CEILING ABOVE DRY STORAGE AREA TO BE SOILED WITH DUST DEBRIS AND OTHER SOIL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN CEILINGS AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DUST DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ALONG WALL AND CEILING SURFACES ADJACENT TO THE MAIN COOK LINE AREA VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM (LEFT-MOST STATION). INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE FILTERS ALONG THIS SECTION AND MAINTAIN VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM THAT IS ADEQUATE IN NUMBER AND CAPACITY TO PREVENT GREASE AND CONDENSATION FROM SOILING ADJACENT WALLS AND CEILINGS.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ALONG WALL AND CEILING SURFACES ADJACENT TO THE MAIN COOK LINE AREA VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM (LEFT-MOST STATION). INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE FILTERS ALONG THIS SECTION AND MAINTAIN VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM THAT IS ADEQUATE IN NUMBER AND CAPACITY TO PREVENT GREASE AND CONDENSATION FROM SOILING ADJACENT WALLS AND CEILINGS.
When was 1 N Wacker Kitchen And Bar last inspected?
1 N Wacker Kitchen And Bar has 9 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| October 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 4, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 7, 2018 | Fail |
1 N Wacker Kitchen And Bar 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 59% 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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.