The Motel Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 22, 2017 →
• address600 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60654

Is The Motel Bar clean?

The Motel Bar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 22, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Motel Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

When was The Motel Bar last inspected?

The Motel Bar has 13 inspections on record going back to March 4, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Motel Bar vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 85% clean across 1,813 tracked restaurants — 1,534 clean, 250 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,813 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 May 22, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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