Bar Louie

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2020 →
• address47 W Polk St, Chicago 60605

Is Bar Louie clean?

Bar Louie is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on April 15, 2021, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass on January 14, 2020. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Bar Louie?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Bar Louie last inspected?

Bar Louie has 23 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bar Louie vs Loop

Loop runs 81% clean across 1,996 tracked restaurants — 1,595 clean, 329 mid, 43 cooked.

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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 14, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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