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Bar Louie
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2020
- address47 W Polk St, Chicago 60605
Is Bar Louie clean?
Bar Louie is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 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 January 14, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT: INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, BOTTOM OF FRYERS, REAR AREA UNDERNEATH THE GRILL AND REFRIGERATION UNITS WHERE NEEDED.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN FLOORS IN KITCHEN AND BASEMENT AROUND AND BEHIND VARIOUS EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| January 14, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2018 | Fail | |
| February 8, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2016 | Fail | |
| July 7, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 24, 2014 | Fail |
Bar Louie vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 14, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.