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Five Star Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 31, 2024
- address1424 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60642
Is Five Star Bar clean?
Five Star Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Five Star Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE TOP OF THE PIZZA OVEN, THE TOP OF THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN THE KITCHEN, PREP TABLES, STAINLESS STEEL STORAGE SHELVES, PREP SINKS, AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE GREASE TRAP IN THE BASEMENT.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE WALLS IN THE PIZZA PREP AREA. CLEAN THE SPILLS AND DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE BAR. CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE FLOOR BENEATH THE DEEP FRYERS AND IN THE CORNER UNDER THE ROLLING STORAGE RACK.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW VALID PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW VALID PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
When was Five Star Bar last inspected?
Five Star Bar has 9 inspections on record going back to December 21, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 3, 2025 | — | |
| October 29, 2025 | — | |
| October 31, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2023 | — | |
| October 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2022 | — | |
| December 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Five Star Bar vs West Town
West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 55% 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 October 31, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.