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The Victor Bar
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 17, 2020
- address4011 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60618
Is The Victor Bar clean?
The Victor Bar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 17, 2020. 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 Victor Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 17, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST PROVIDE A SMOOTH CLEANABLE CEILING ABOVE THE BASEMENT PREP TABLE AND THE ICE MACHINE.----MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS MATTING FOR THE FLOORS IN THE LIQUOR STORAGE ROOM.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT BAR AND BASEMENT HAND WASHING SINKS.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BASEMENT HAND WASHING SINK BETWEEN SINK AND PREP TABLE.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BASEMENT HAND WASHING SINK BETWEEN SINK AND PREP TABLE.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • BASEMENT ICE SCOOPS MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • BASEMENT ICE SCOOPS MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT STORAGE AND LIQUOR STORAGE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT STORAGE AND LIQUOR STORAGE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL RAW WOODEN SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE LIQUOR STORAGE ROOM MUST BE PAINTED/SEALED, SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
When was The Victor Bar last inspected?
The Victor Bar has 3 inspections on record going back to August 17, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| December 6, 2023 | — | |
| August 17, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions |
The Victor Bar vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 August 17, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.