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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.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalFacilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • OBSERVED 2 DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT AT 58.0F. COOLER WAS EMPTY AND DID NOT CONTAIN ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD. COOLER WAS TAGGED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalSanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • OBSERVED DISH MACHINE SANITIZING AT 0PPM OF CHLORINE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON 2 DOOR REACH IN REFRIGERATOR AT WEST SIDE OF BAR. REPLACE TORN GASKET.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON 2 DOOR REACH IN REFRIGERATOR AT WEST SIDE OF BAR. REPLACE TORN GASKET.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF FRYERS WITH HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED PANS ABOVE PIZZA OVEN UNCLEAN. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL ALL PIZZA PANS. OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS NEED TO BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS NEED TO BE CLEANED UNDER AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS NEED TO BE CLEANED UNDER AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2016 | Fail | |
| December 17, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2013 | Pass | |
| July 20, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 26, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 19, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 15, 2011 | Pass |
The Motel Bar vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 May 22, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.