Brown Bag Seafood Co.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 31, 2026
• address1 W Division St, Chicago 60610

Is Brown Bag Seafood Co. clean?

Brown Bag Seafood Co. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 31, 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 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE OUTSIDE OF THE ICE CHEST IN THE BASEMENT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF ICE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE OUTSIDE OF THE ICE CHEST IN THE BASEMENT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF ICE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR OF THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT IN THE BASEMENT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING UNDER THE SHELVING ALONG THE WALLS AND CORNERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE GREASE TRAP IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING...OBSERVED THE FOOD SERVICE AREA FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND ALL COOKING AND NON COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREAS AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSECT ACTIVITY.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BROKEN LIGHT COVERS IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BROKEN LIGHT COVERS IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.

When was Brown Bag Seafood Co. last inspected?

Brown Bag Seafood Co. has 6 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2022.

Brown Bag Seafood Co. vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 March 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.