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Big Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 10, 2026
- address151 E Wacker Dr, Chicago 60601
Is Big Bar clean?
Big Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Big Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SOME MISSING FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR SOME EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SOME MISSING FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR SOME EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Big Bar last inspected?
Big Bar has 19 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 18, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 28, 2015 | Pass |
Big Bar 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 June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.