Boss Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 9, 2025 →
• address418-420 N Clark St, Chicago 60654

Is Boss Bar clean?

Boss Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Boss Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Boss Bar last inspected?

Boss Bar has 19 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Boss Bar vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 85% clean across 1,813 tracked restaurants — 1,534 clean, 250 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,813 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✕ Boss Bar
  cooked · December 3, 2013
• ✓ Old Chicago Grill
  clean · September 24, 2013
• ✓ Hyatt Place
  clean · May 20, 2024
• ✓ Hyatt Place
  clean · June 4, 2013
• ✓ Hyatt Place
  clean · June 4, 2013
• ✓ Fairfield Inn & Suites
  clean · December 11, 2025

See every restaurant inspection in Near North Side →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 December 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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