Protein Bar

health inspection result · Loop · Chicago
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Is Protein Bar clean?

Protein Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2025. 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 November 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

  • ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  • 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
    Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  • 🥜allergen training missing
    Allergen Training As Required

When was Protein Bar last inspected?

Protein Bar has 20 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

November 5, 2025 Pass Canvass · 3 failed findings

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December 9, 2024 Pass Canvass · 0 failed findings

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February 13, 2024 Pass Canvass · 0 failed findings

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June 27, 2023 Pass Short Form Complaint · 1 failed finding

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February 15, 2023 Pass Complaint · 1 failed finding

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January 6, 2023 Pass Canvass · 0 failed findings

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January 12, 2022 Pass Canvass · 0 failed findings

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August 31, 2021 Pass Canvass · 1 failed finding

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January 20, 2021 No Entry Non-Inspection · 0 failed findings

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February 27, 2020 Pass Canvass · 5 failed findings

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October 17, 2019 Pass Canvass · 0 failed findings

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July 10, 2018 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass · 1 failed finding

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Protein Bar vs Loop

Loop runs 81% clean across 1,993 tracked restaurants — 1,595 clean, 329 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 1,993 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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