Bar 22

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 9, 2025 →
• address2244 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Bar 22 clean?

Bar 22 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bar 22?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Bar 22 last inspected?

Bar 22 has 6 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2017.

Bar 22 vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 80% clean across 297 tracked restaurants — 235 clean, 51 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 297 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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