Cooked?
The Motel Bar
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 21, 2019
- address600 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60654
Is The Motel Bar clean?
The Motel Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 21, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at The Motel Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📄consumer advisory missingConsumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • NO ASTERISKS FOR REMINDER AND FOOD ITEMS THAT ARE SERVED UNDER COOKED, ALSO MISSING DISCLAIMER " THESE FOOD ITEMS ARE COOK TO ORDER " TO THE FOOT NOTE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • MINOR LEAK NOTED UNDER DISH WASHER AREA SPRAY SINK, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • MINOR LEAK NOTED UNDER DISH WASHER AREA SPRAY SINK, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
When was The Motel Bar last inspected?
The Motel Bar has 4 inspections on record going back to August 21, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| May 21, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 28, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 21, 2018 | Fail |
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 0% 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 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.