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Protein Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 4, 2026
- address221 W Washington St, Chicago 60606
Is Protein Bar clean?
Protein Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Protein Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DOOR OF ICE MACHINE IN POOR REPAIR, HINGE LOOSE AND UNABLE TO FULLY CLOSE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE REAR AREA ICE MACHINE DOOR AND MAINTAIN ALL EQUIPMENT IN GOOD REPAIR AND PROPER ADJUSTMENT.
When was Protein Bar last inspected?
Protein Bar has 21 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2021 | — | |
| October 26, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 2, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2016 | Pass |
Protein 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 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 May 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.