Joe's Bar

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 2-DOOR COOLING UNIT WITH COLD HOLD ATTACHED LOCATED ACROSS FROM GRILL AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT, TEMPERATURE AT 60F DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. NO TCS FOOD STORED INSIDE SAID EQUIPMENT AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY VIOLATION. #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. UNIT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION.
  code 33
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BLACK SOILED CRATES USED FOR ELEVATION THROUGHOUT STORAGE, PREP AND BARS THROUGHOUT. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE AND PROVIDE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE EQUIPMENT TO ELEVATE ITEMS. • OBSERVED RUSTED PREP TABLE SHELVING THROUGHOUT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE AND PROVIDE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLENABLE SURFACES AND MAINTAIN
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FAUCET NECK ON 3 COMPARTMENT SINK LOCATED IN PREP AREA WITH WATER LEAK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN FIXTURE IN GOOD CONDITION.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CEILING ABOVE PREP TABLE DIRECTLY NEXT TO LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE WITH PEELING/ CHIPPED PAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND MANTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on June 15, 2026: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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