Progress Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 17, 2014
• address3359 N Halsted St, Chicago 60657
• cuisineLiquor

Is Progress Bar clean?

Progress Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 17, 2014. 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 Progress Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SEAL OPENINGS AROUND PIPES AND INTO CEILING IN BASEMENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SEAL OPENINGS AROUND PIPES AND INTO CEILING IN BASEMENT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST ELEVATE BOXES OF LIQUOR 6 INCHES OF FLOOR/WALL INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN, ORGANIZE BASEMENT AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE.

When was Progress Bar last inspected?

Progress Bar has 3 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2013.

Progress Bar vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 April 17, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.