Leader Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 4, 2024 →
• address3000-3004 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60618

Is Leader Bar clean?

Leader Bar is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on March 13, 2025, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on November 4, 2024. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Leader Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public

When was Leader Bar last inspected?

Leader Bar has 23 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Leader Bar vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 78% clean across 369 tracked restaurants — 288 clean, 74 mid, 5 cooked.

Other spots in Irving Park

• ✓ Leader Bar
  clean · January 6, 2011
• ✓ Cody's On Albany
  cooked · April 26, 2010
• ✓ Los Dos Gallos Bravos
  cooked · April 15, 2010
• ✓ La Pane
  cooked · November 12, 2015
• ✓! Manee Thai Pan Asian Restaurant & Sushi
  cooked · November 15, 2021
• ✓! El Llano Restaurant
  cooked · July 1, 2019

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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