Bar 22

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• 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. 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 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 • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH THE ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WITH THE ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED SOME DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED AND SOME LABELS ILLEGIBLE ON THE DRY INGREDIENTS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND RELABEL ALL CONTAINERS IN ORDER WITH COMMON FOOD NAME.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PLATES, BOWLS, SPOONS, AND FORKS NOT INVERTED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT OR COVER ALL TABLEWARE AND MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PLATES, BOWLS, SPOONS, AND FORKS NOT INVERTED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT OR COVER ALL TABLEWARE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED IMPROPER CONVEYING OF SEWAGE IN THE REAR FOOD PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. WHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND HANDWASHING SINK IS USE SEWAGE BACKS UP FROM THE FLOOR DRAIN NEAR THE COOKING EQUIPMENT UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD AND POOLS ON THE PREP AREA FLOOR. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE, MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), CITATION ISSUED
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED IMPROPER CONVEYING OF SEWAGE IN THE REAR FOOD PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. WHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND HANDWASHING SINK IS USE SEWAGE BACKS UP FROM THE FLOOR DRAIN NEAR THE COOKING EQUIPMENT UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD AND POOLS ON THE PREP AREA FLOOR. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE, MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), CITATION ISSUED
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS UNDER AND SURROUNDING THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR FOOD PREP/DISHWASHING AREA WITH BUILD UP OF GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

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 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.