Atmosphere

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 5, 2021
• address5355 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
• cuisineTavern

Is Atmosphere clean?

Atmosphere is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Atmosphere?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURE/PLAN AND KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A PROCEDURE/PLAN AND TO MAINTAIN ANY APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • BEGINING OF PINK SUBSTANCE AT INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE BIN FRONT WHITE PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OTHER OPENING NOT PROTECTED A GAP OF 1/2' AT BOTTOM OF THE EAST WALL BY THE BAR, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL TO MINIMIZE PEST ENTRY
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE PROVIDED AT MOP SINK MUST INSTALL SO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BRICK WALL BEHIND BAR AREA WITH UNEVEN AND ROUGH SURFACE, NOT EASILY CLEANABLE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. BROKEN, PEELING PAINT ETC, ON WALLS AT CEILING AT REAR STORAGE AREA AND WHERE ICE MACHINE IS STORED. REPAIR CAUSE WITH A EASILY CLEANABLE WALL AND CEILING

When was Atmosphere last inspected?

Atmosphere has 1 inspection on record going back to March 5, 2021.

Atmosphere vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 23% of them.

Other spots in Edgewater

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  cooked · April 3, 2012
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  clean · February 24, 2010
• ? Express Pantry
  cooked · April 24, 2012
• ✓ La Unica Food Mart
  clean · October 23, 2024
• ✓! Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
  mid · March 25, 2026
• ? Brown's Chicken & Pasta
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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 5, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.