Nubar Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 4, 2025 →
• address3200 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Nubar Cafe clean?

Nubar Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Nubar Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events

When was Nubar Cafe last inspected?

Nubar Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2025.

Nubar Cafe vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 76% clean across 328 tracked restaurants — 248 clean, 69 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 328 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 September 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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