Cooked?Polk Street Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 23, 2023 →
- address548 W Polk St, Chicago 60607
Is Polk Street Bar clean?
Polk Street Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 23, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Polk Street Bar?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2023. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Polk Street Bar last inspected?
Polk Street Bar has 1 inspection on record going back to May 23, 2023.
May 23, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →Polk Street Bar vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,030 clean, 233 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 1,294 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.
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Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 23, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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