Three Dots And A Dash

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 22, 2025
• address435 N Clark St, Chicago 60654

Is Three Dots And A Dash clean?

Three Dots And A Dash is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Three Dots And A Dash?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11---OBSERVED A GASKET IN POOR REPAIR/LOOSE INSIDE OF THE 3-DOOR PREP MILK COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE SAID DOOR GASKET AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN SPLASHED DEBRIS ON LIQUOR STORAGE SHELFS THROUGHOUT THE THREE (3) BARS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15---OBSERVED WATER LEAK AT WATER SUPPLY LINE FROM THE WEST ICE MACHINE.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR PLUMBING LEAK AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11---OBSERVED FLOORS WITH LITTER AND DEBRIS AND WALLS,CEILINGS IN BAR AREAS WITH SPLASHED SYRUP DEBRIS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND WALLS AT BAR AREAS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.12---OBSERVED DIRTY FLOOR DRAINS AT ALL BARS WITH EXCESSIVE LITTER DEBRIS ETC.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14---INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN CEILING VENTILATION COVERS IN CUSTOMER DINING AREA AND IN THE DISHWASHING AREA TO REMOVE ACCUMULATION OF DUSTS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14---INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN CEILING VENTILATION COVERS IN CUSTOMER DINING AREA AND IN THE DISHWASHING AREA TO REMOVE ACCUMULATION OF DUSTS.

When was Three Dots And A Dash last inspected?

Three Dots And A Dash has 23 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Three Dots And A Dash 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 28% 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 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.