Poke Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedNovember 7, 2019
• address10 S La Salle St, Chicago 60603

Is Poke Bar clean?

Poke Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 7, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — 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 Poke Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-102.11 FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (SHRIMP, OCTOPUS, RAW TUNA, SALMON) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • FOUND FOOD HANDLER WASH AND RINSE FOOD PREPARATION CONTAINER. FOOD HANDLER DID NOT SANITIZE SAID CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN 200 - 400 PPM. PRIORITY VIOLATION.7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Proper Cooking Time & Temperatures
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED SALMON, TUNA, AND SCALLOP ON MENU. SAID ITEMS ARE SERVED RAW. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE DISCLOSURE, FOOTNOTE AND REMINDER FOR ALL MENU ITEMS THAT CAN BE ORDERED UNDER COOKED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • FOUND TUNA IN VACUUM SEALED BAG THAWING, FOUND THAWED VACUUM SEALED OCTOPUS IN REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL FISH FROM VACUUM SEAL PACKAGE BEFORE THAWING.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • FOUND TUNA IN VACUUM SEALED BAG THAWING, FOUND THAWED VACUUM SEALED OCTOPUS IN REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL FISH FROM VACUUM SEAL PACKAGE BEFORE THAWING.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOUND TOPPINGS: CRISPY GARLIC, CRISPY ONIONS,AND NUTS W/ OUT FOOD BARRIER. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE FOOD BARRIER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BY CONSUMER. MUST PROVIDE COVERS FOR TOPPINGS OR PROVIDE FOOD BARRIER.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOUND TOPPINGS: CRISPY GARLIC, CRISPY ONIONS,AND NUTS W/ OUT FOOD BARRIER. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE FOOD BARRIER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BY CONSUMER. MUST PROVIDE COVERS FOR TOPPINGS OR PROVIDE FOOD BARRIER.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS.

When was Poke Bar last inspected?

Poke Bar has 4 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2018.

Poke Bar vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 November 7, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.