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Bar Louie
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2020
- address5500 S Shore Dr, Chicago 60637
Is Bar Louie clean?
Bar Louie is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bar Louie?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WASTELINE NOT CONNECTED TO FLOOR DRAIN IN BAR. OBSERVED DISPENSER DRAINLINE LEAKING IN DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN BASEMENT UNISEX STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN BASEMENT UNISEX STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING GROUT ON FLOOR TILES IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REGROUT FLOOR TILES AS NEEDED AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED OPENINGS ALONG BASEBOARDS UNDER HAND WASHING SINK NEAR DISH WASHING AREA TO PREVENT INSECT HARBORAGE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL OPENINGS ALONG BASEBOARDS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DEAD INSECTS INSIDE LIGHT SHIELDS AND ACCUMULATED WATER, AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN PREP, BAR, DISH WASHING AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • OBSERVED MOP HEADS IMROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY DRY MOPS TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.
When was Bar Louie last inspected?
Bar Louie has 20 inspections on record going back to July 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 22, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| March 17, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 28, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 10, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2015 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2014 | Pass |
Bar Louie vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 March 17, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.