Fishbar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 26, 2022
• address2956 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Fishbar clean?

Fishbar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 26, 2022. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Fishbar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • NOTED LOW-TEMPERATURE DISHWASHING MACHINE IN USE NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. SANITIZING STRENGTH OF SANITIZER (QUARTZ) AT THE INSPECTION WAS 00 PPM. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE UNTIL EQUIPMENT IS PROPERLY SANITIZED AT A MINIMUM OF 50 TO 200 PPM. THE MANAGER IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR MAINTENANCE. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • NOTED INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF THE FOLLOWING TCS FOOD ITEMS INSIDE SERVICE COOLERS TO BE IMPROPER:-RICE 48.9F, SHRIMP 51.9F, CARBAGE (MIX) 47.8F, SALAD DRESSING 52.2F, TOMATOES 49.6F, MILK 40F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 46 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $188.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • EQUIPMENT NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE. NOTED THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SERVICE COOLER AT THE PREP AREA TO BE IMPROPER AT 51.4F. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE EQUIPMENT UNTIL MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE OF 41F AND BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED EMPLOYEE DRINKS STORED AT THE SAME REFRIGERATION UNIT AS CUSTOMER FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A DESIGNATED AREA WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN STORE THEIR FOOD.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED EMPLOYEE DRINKS STORED AT THE SAME REFRIGERATION UNIT AS CUSTOMER FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A DESIGNATED AREA WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN STORE THEIR FOOD.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED TORN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE DOOR OF 2-DOOR REFRIGERATION AT THE KITCHEN PREP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE AND/OR REPLACE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NOTED LEAKING AT BOTTOM U-JOINT PIPE OF THE HAND WASHING SINK AT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE, ESPECIALLY AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA UNDERNEATH THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN DIRTY AND DUSTY CEILING TILES AND FANS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER AT THE BASEMENT FOOD/DRY STORAGE.

When was Fishbar last inspected?

Fishbar has 24 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Fishbar vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Fishbar
  clean · February 25, 2011
• ✓ Park Market Foods
  cooked · November 22, 2019
• ✓ Sheffield Grocers
  cooked · December 16, 2015
• ✓! Cookies By Design
  cooked · November 29, 2018
• ✓ Salad House
  clean · June 26, 2025
• ✓ Brendan's Pub
  cooked · October 1, 2010

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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 August 26, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.