Easy Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 2, 2019
• address1944 W Division St, Chicago 60622
• cuisineTavern

Is Easy Bar clean?

Easy Bar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 2, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Easy Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE FOR EMPLOYEE TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE WITH THE NECESSARY ITEMS GLOVES, MASK, DISPOSABLE MOPS AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SINK NEAR TO ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. TO DISPOSED OF ICE. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A HAND WASHING SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE ON PREMISES TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE CHEMICAL CONCENTRATION IN THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR BAR AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN TEST STRIPS AT ALL TIMES. THE PERSON IN CHARGE PROVIDE TEST STRIPS ON 10/3/19. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE ON PREMISES TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE CHEMICAL CONCENTRATION IN THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR BAR AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN TEST STRIPS AT ALL TIMES. THE PERSON IN CHARGE PROVIDE TEST STRIPS ON 10/3/19. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE AT THE ICE MACHINES AND SERVICE SINK IN BASEMENT. MUST INSTALL A BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE SO THAT CAN BE VISIBLE TO BE SERVICE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED NO GREASE TRAP AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR BAR AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED NO GREASE TRAP AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR BAR AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN ALL WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE AND AMINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN ALL WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE AND AMINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS IN BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. OBSERVED LIQUOR BOXES NOT ELEVATED 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR/WALL. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN BEER COOLER IN THE BASEMENT AND FLOOR UNDERNEATH STORAGE SHELVING IN REAR OF BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST USED APPROVED SHELVING FOR PRODUCT ELEVATION. FOR THE EASY OF CLEANING AND PEST MONITORING.

When was Easy Bar last inspected?

Easy Bar has 6 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2010.

Easy Bar vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

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• ✓ Jose's Restaurant
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• ? The Bathhouse
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• ? Lobos Al Fresco Tacos
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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 October 2, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.