Richard's Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 26, 2018 →
• address491 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60654
• cuisineLiquor

Is Richard's Bar clean?

Richard's Bar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 26, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Richard's Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 26, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public
• ⚠️Compliance With Clean Indoor Air Ordinance

When was Richard's Bar last inspected?

Richard's Bar has 17 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Richard's Bar vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,031 clean, 233 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,294 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 December 26, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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