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The Flex Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 4, 2025
- address1804 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60640
Is The Flex Bar clean?
The Flex Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Flex Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LOW WATER PRESSURE FOR HOT WATER AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA, AND A LEAKY FAUCET FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was The Flex Bar last inspected?
The Flex Bar has 2 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 23, 2025 | — |
The Flex Bar vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 32% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 293 clean, 67 mid, 556 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 September 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.