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Bar Louie
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 25, 2024
- 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 April 25, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bar Louie?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 25, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Bar Louie last inspected?
Bar Louie has 12 inspections on record going back to April 15, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| April 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 15, 2021 | Pass |
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 April 25, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.