Otherworld Theatre is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 25, 2018. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service β it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Otherworld Theatre?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 25, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
β οΈFloors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used β’ REPLACE MISSING BASEBOARD AT WEST WALL BY THE BAR COUNTER. PIECES OF RUGS INSIDE THE CLOSET ARE EXTREMELY SOILED,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/REMOVE SAID RUGS.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used β’ REPLACE MISSING BASEBOARD AT WEST WALL BY THE BAR COUNTER. PIECES OF RUGS INSIDE THE CLOSET ARE EXTREMELY SOILED,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/REMOVE SAID RUGS.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
β οΈWalls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods β’ PEELING PAINT HANGING FROM CEILING AT SECOND THEATER.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE/REPAINT MENTIONED AREA
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods β’ PEELING PAINT HANGING FROM CEILING AT SECOND THEATER.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE/REPAINT MENTIONED AREA
π‘οΈthermometers missing
Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded β’ IF LIGHT BULBS ARE NOT COATED,PROVIDE A LIGHT SHIELD AT DISH ROOM
πͺ³pests in the house
Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained β’ NO VENTILATION PROVIDED AT MEN'S WASHROOM,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Otherworld Theatre last inspected?
Otherworld Theatre has 3 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2018.
date
result
score
December 16, 2025
closed by the city
May 25, 2018
Pass
May 15, 2018
Fail
Otherworld Theatre vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants β 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 25, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.