Brown Bag Seafood Co.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 3, 2026
• address3400 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Brown Bag Seafood Co. clean?

Brown Bag Seafood Co. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Brown Bag Seafood Co.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED THE ICE BIN INTERIOR IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON COOKING EQUIPMENT, WALLS, SURROUNDING FLOORS IN THE KITCHEN/PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO DEGREASE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED IN DISH AREA 3 COMPARMENT SINK LEAKING FROM 3RD COMPARMENT DRAIN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BASE BOARDS PEELING OFF THROUGHOUT FACILITY AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN

When was Brown Bag Seafood Co. last inspected?

Brown Bag Seafood Co. has 13 inspections on record going back to June 30, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Brown Bag Seafood Co. vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in North Center

• ✓ Brown Bag Seafood Co.
  clean · June 30, 2017
• ? Kfc/Taco Bell
  not rated · September 26, 2017
• ✓ Sushi Avenue
  clean · April 16, 2026
• ✓ Cafe Ciat
  clean · March 16, 2017
• ✓ Cugini Pizza @ Eatery
  clean · July 5, 2017
• ✓ Ruyi Sushi
  clean · April 28, 2017

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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 March 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.