Towbar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2015
• address1500 W Jarvis Ave, Chicago 60626

Is Towbar clean?

Towbar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 19, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Towbar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • STOPPERS ARE MISSING FROM FRONT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THREE STOPPERS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • STOPPERS ARE MISSING FROM FRONT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THREE STOPPERS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DEBRIS ON SHELVES AT DISH ROOM WERE CLEAN POTS ARE STORED,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.ALSO NEED TO KEEP CLEAN INSIDE OF UNUSED ICE MACHINE(DEBRIS)
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOR TILES ON FLOOR AT REAR DISH ROOM AREA AND FRONT PREP AREA BY THE PANINI MACHINE.REPLACE SAID TILES.FLOOR MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOR TILES ON FLOOR AT REAR DISH ROOM AREA AND FRONT PREP AREA BY THE PANINI MACHINE.REPLACE SAID TILES.FLOOR MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • WASH ROOM DOOR AT FRONT PREP AREA MUST BE SELF CLOSING
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM CERTIFICATE NOT PRESENTLY PROVIDED
  Food Handler Requirements Met • IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROGRAM CERTIFICATE NOT PRESENTLY PROVIDED

When was Towbar last inspected?

Towbar has 8 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2013.

Towbar vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 November 19, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.