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The Getaway Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 25, 2025
- address4530 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Is The Getaway Bar clean?
The Getaway Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Getaway Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED SIGNAGE NOTIFYING FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS NOT PROVIDED AT THE BAR AREA HANDWASHING SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SIGNAGE TO ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED CLEAN LINENS IN CONTAINER STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE CLEAN LINEN CONTAINER AND MAINTAIN CLEAN LINEN CONTAINERS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED CLEAN LINENS IN CONTAINER STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE CLEAN LINEN CONTAINER AND MAINTAIN CLEAN LINEN CONTAINERS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED NON-FUNCTIONAL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN 2ND FLOOR AREA OF FACILITY INCLUDING OVENS, DEEP FRYERS, AND COLD-HOLDING EQUIPMENT THAT IS NO LONGER IN-USE BY FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL EQUIPMENT UNNECESSARY TO CURRENT OPERATIONS FROM PREMISES AND MAINTAIN PREMISES FREE FROM EQUIPMENT NOT IN-USE. • OBSERVED FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT WALK-IN COOLER AREA TO BE SOILED WITH EXCESSIVE BEVERAGE SPILLS AND DUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SPILLS, DEBRIS, AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.
When was The Getaway Bar last inspected?
The Getaway Bar has 15 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2026 | — | |
| June 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| December 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2021 | — | |
| February 11, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 31, 2020 | — | |
| June 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 9, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2015 | Pass |
The Getaway Bar vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 June 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.