Bar Cocina

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 8, 2025 →
• address2901 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Bar Cocina clean?

Bar Cocina is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bar Cocina?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned

When was Bar Cocina last inspected?

Bar Cocina has 24 inspections on record going back to May 5, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bar Cocina vs Lake View

Lake View runs 79% clean across 1,124 tracked restaurants — 879 clean, 218 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 1,124 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Bar Cocina
  clean · May 6, 2015
• ✓ Bethlehem Pita & Grill
  cooked · February 8, 2016
• ✓! Hb Home Bistro
  cooked · March 12, 2019
• ✓ Nannan Asian Cafe
  cooked · October 9, 2015
• ✓ Falafel & Grill
  cooked · June 25, 2014
• ✓! Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream
  mid · July 24, 2014

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 July 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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