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Highline Bar And Lounge
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 10, 2024
- address169 W Kinzie St, Chicago 60654
Is Highline Bar And Lounge clean?
Highline Bar And Lounge is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 10, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Highline Bar And Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHIBG SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP AREA NEAR TWO COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO POST CLEARLY VISIBLE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED BLACK MOLDLIKE SUBSTANCE ON FRONT INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE NEAR THE TOP OF THE SHIELD. INSTRUCTED CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF ICE. CORRECTED ON SITE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE CLEANED AND SANITIZED BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO RIGHT SIDE SPLASH GUARD ON HANDWASHING SINK AT MAIN BAR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL RIGHT SIDE SPLASH GUARD ON HANDWASHING SINK IN MAIN BAR TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF LIQUOR IN BOTTLES.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO RIGHT SIDE SPLASH GUARD ON HANDWASHING SINK AT MAIN BAR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL RIGHT SIDE SPLASH GUARD ON HANDWASHING SINK IN MAIN BAR TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF LIQUOR IN BOTTLES.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK #2(ON SOUTHSIDE) IN SECOND FLOOR WOMEN'S WASHROOM NOT WORKING AND OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK #4 IN SECOND FLOOR MEN'S WASHROOM NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAID HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN. (THERE ARE FOUR OTHER PROPERLY FUNCTIONING SINKS IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM ON SECOND FLOOR AND THREE OTHER PROPERLY FUNCTIONING SINKS IN MEN'S WASHROOM ON SECOND FLOOR).
When was Highline Bar And Lounge last inspected?
Highline Bar And Lounge has 14 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| October 21, 2025 | — | |
| October 14, 2025 | — | |
| October 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 14, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 5, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 28, 2016 | Pass |
Highline Bar And Lounge vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.