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Old Town Fish Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 29, 2023
- address1529 N Wells St, Chicago 60610
Is Old Town Fish Bar clean?
Old Town Fish Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 29, 2023. 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 Old Town Fish Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • A SIGN OR POSTER THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS IS NOT PROVIDED AT HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES IN RESTROOM AND HANDSINK NEAR BAR/PREP. PROVIDE A CLEARLY VISIBLE HANDWASHING SIGN AT EACH HAND SINK.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • SINGLE USE PLASTIC CUPS WITHOUT A HANDLE USED AS A SCOOP IN DRY STORAGE FOOD CONTAINERS. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE A SCOOP WITH A HANDLE. • OPEN BAR SEATING DOES NOT HAVE A BARRIER TO PREVENT ANY CONTAMINATION FROM CUSTOMERS TO BAR PREP AREA. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF BARRIER TO PREVENT ANY CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • SINGLE USE PLASTIC CUPS WITHOUT A HANDLE USED AS A SCOOP IN DRY STORAGE FOOD CONTAINERS. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE A SCOOP WITH A HANDLE. • OPEN BAR SEATING DOES NOT HAVE A BARRIER TO PREVENT ANY CONTAMINATION FROM CUSTOMERS TO BAR PREP AREA. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF BARRIER TO PREVENT ANY CONTAMINATION.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • UNNECESSARY ITEMS / NONFUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT FOUND IN BASEMENT NEAR SINGLE USE-ARTICLES. THE PREMISES SHALL BE FREE OF ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO THE OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. THIS INCLUDES EQUIPMENT THAT IS NONFUNCTIONAL OR NO LONGER USED. • OBSERVED PUDDLE WATER ON FLOOR NEAR SINGLE USE ARTICLE AREA IN BASEMENT. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • LIGHTING IN THE BASEMENT NEAR DRY SINGLE USE ARTICLE AREA IS FOUND TO BE INSUFFICIENT. LIGHT INTENSITY SHALL BE SUFFICIENT SO THAT THE AREA, ALL UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT, AND FOOD ITEMS ARE EASILY VISABLE.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • LIGHTING IN THE BASEMENT NEAR DRY SINGLE USE ARTICLE AREA IS FOUND TO BE INSUFFICIENT. LIGHT INTENSITY SHALL BE SUFFICIENT SO THAT THE AREA, ALL UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT, AND FOOD ITEMS ARE EASILY VISABLE.
When was Old Town Fish Bar last inspected?
Old Town Fish Bar has 1 inspection on record going back to August 29, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2023 | Pass |
Old Town Fish Bar vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 August 29, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.