Protein Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 5, 2026 →
• address1 W Wacker Dr, Chicago 60601

Is Protein Bar clean?

Protein Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 5, 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 October 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Protein Bar last inspected?

Protein Bar has 21 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Protein Bar vs Loop

Loop runs 82% clean across 2,016 tracked restaurants — 1,619 clean, 324 mid, 43 cooked.

Against the 2,016 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 October 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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