Brown Bag Seafood Company

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 22, 2026
• address340 E Randolph St, Chicago 60601

Is Brown Bag Seafood Company clean?

Brown Bag Seafood Company is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Brown Bag Seafood Company?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY PIPE AT HAND SINK IN MAIN PREP AREA.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORIGINAL PACKAGE WITH COMMON NAME.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED AN INFESTATION OF APPX.35 OR MORE LIVE ROACHES CRAWLING IN CREVICES AND GAPS AT FRONT SERVICE COOKING COUNTER,ALONG WALL BEHIND 1- COMPARTMENT SINK,ON LOWER WALL AT PIPES OF 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND LOWER WALL OF PIPES OF DISH MACHINE,ON FLOOR MIXED IN WITH DEBRIS OF DRY FOOD STORAGE WALL CLOSET,IN BETWEEN WALL AND COUNTER TOP UNDERSIDE OF CLEANING PRODUCT STORAGE AREA.MUST HAVE PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 7/22/26.(PRIROITY 7-38-020(A)(CITATION ISSUED)
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS STORED INSIDE OF BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS MUST REMOVE AND STORE IN PROPER MANNER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS STORED INSIDE OF BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS MUST REMOVE AND STORE IN PROPER MANNER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • MUST STORE PLASTIC WEAR WITH HANDLES IN UPRIGHT POSITION AT SMALL SERVICE COUNTER.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • MUST STORE PLASTIC WEAR WITH HANDLES IN UPRIGHT POSITION AT SMALL SERVICE COUNTER.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN,PITTED AND DISCOLORED CUTTING BOARD TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR. • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE GAUGE COCK NOT DISPLAYING FINAL RINSE TEMPERATURE MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005)
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE GAUGE COCK NOT DISPLAYING FINAL RINSE TEMPERATURE MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005)
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYER CABINETS, WHEEL BASES,USED AND UNUSED COOLERS,GRILL TABLE,DISH RACKS,STORAGE SHELVES AND CABINETS,COUNTER TOP UNDERNEATH SODA MACHINE,ROLLING CARTS IN WALK IN COOLER AND SHELVING UNITS,WINDOW SILLS IN DINING AREA,GARBAGE CANS,PIPES OF ALL EQUIPMENT,PREP TABLES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST REPAIR NON WORKING 1- COMPARTMENT SINK AT FRONT MAIN PREP AREA TO BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST SEAL ALL CRACKS AND CREVICES THROUGHOUT WALLS AND COUNTERS WHERE NEEDED INCLUDING MOPS INK CLOSET AREA.MUST GROUT FLOOR IN MAIN PREP AREA. • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD UP FROM CEILING TILES IN PREP AREA. • MUST CLEAN GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM WALLS IN PREP AREAS,WALK IN COOLER,DISH WASHING AREA AND WHERE NEEDED. • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT PREP AREA,WALK IN COOLER, DISH WASHING AREA,WALL STORAGE CLOSETS,FLOOR GRATES IN DINING AREA ALONG WINDOWS.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE BURNTOUT LIGHT AT HOOD OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP AT FILTERS OF COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE BURNTOUT LIGHT AT HOOD OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP AT FILTERS OF COOKING EQUIPMENT.

When was Brown Bag Seafood Company last inspected?

Brown Bag Seafood Company has 18 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Brown Bag Seafood Company vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 46% of them.

Other spots in Loop

• ✓ Brown Bag Seafood Company
  clean · April 17, 2014
• ✓ 786 Maaaayaaaa,Inc.,
  clean · September 27, 2013
• ✓ Banquets/ Employees Cafetria
  clean · September 3, 2013
• ✓! Burger King 19467
  cooked · September 25, 2018
• ✓ Randolph Tavern
  clean · April 20, 2026
• ✓ Randolph Tavern
  clean · April 17, 2014

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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 July 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.