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Nola Cafe & Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 21, 2022
- address3481 N Clark St, Chicago 60657
Is Nola Cafe & Bar clean?
Nola Cafe & Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 21, 2022. 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 Nola Cafe & Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 21, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED A HANDWASHING SINK BEHIND THE BAR WITH NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED COLD HOLDING UNITS BEHIND THE NEWLY BUILT BAR AND IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WITHOUT THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETERS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED IN THE INTERIOR OF THE COLD HOLDING UNITS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WITH FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL SAID EQUIPMENT.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ON THE FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA (UNDER THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK AND UNDER AND ON THE SIDES OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD, INTERIOR OF DEEP FRYERS) WITH GREASE BUILD-UP, FOOD DEBRIS, AND FLOUR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL SAID EQUIPMENT AND FLOORS.
When was Nola Cafe & Bar last inspected?
Nola Cafe & Bar has 10 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 6, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 10, 2016 | Pass |
Nola Cafe & Bar vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 June 21, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.