Cactus Bar & Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2019 →
• address404-406 S Wells St, Chicago 60607

Is Cactus Bar & Grill clean?

Cactus Bar & Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cactus Bar & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition

When was Cactus Bar & Grill last inspected?

Cactus Bar & Grill has 14 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cactus Bar & Grill vs Loop

Loop runs 81% clean across 1,996 tracked restaurants — 1,595 clean, 329 mid, 43 cooked.

Against the 1,996 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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.

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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 19, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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