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Handlebar Chicago
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 20, 2025
- address2311 W North Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Handlebar Chicago clean?
Handlebar Chicago is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Handlebar Chicago?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Handlebar Chicago last inspected?
Handlebar Chicago has 22 inspections on record going back to March 31, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 19, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 1, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 19, 2016 | Pass |
Handlebar Chicago 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 November 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.