Trinity Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 3, 2015
• address2721 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614

Is Trinity Bar clean?

Trinity Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 3, 2015. 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 Trinity Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED BROKEN COOLER STORED IN BASEMENT. COOLER MUST BE REPAIRED OR REMOVED. ALL CLUTTER MUST BE REMOVED FROM BASEMENT AND BASEMENT MUST BE KEPT IN A CLEAN AND SANITIRY CONDITION TO DETER INSECT AND RODENT HARBORAGE
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED LARGE REACH IN CHEST FREEZER IN KITHCEN WITH TOP LID IN DISREPAIR. LID MUST BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. OBSERVED REACH IN REFRIGERATOR IN KITHCEN WITH DOOR OFF HINGES. REPAIR DOOR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BEER COOLERS IN BASEMENT BAR AND UNSTAIRS REAR BAR WITH RUSTY INTERIOR. OBSERVED DIRTY STANDING WATER IN REACH IN BEER COOLER IN BASEMENT BAR. REMOVE ALL STANDING WATER IN BASE OF BEER COOLERS AND REMOVE ALL RUST.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED LARGE REACH IN CHEST FREEZER IN KITHCEN WITH TOP LID IN DISREPAIR. LID MUST BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. OBSERVED REACH IN REFRIGERATOR IN KITHCEN WITH DOOR OFF HINGES. REPAIR DOOR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BEER COOLERS IN BASEMENT BAR AND UNSTAIRS REAR BAR WITH RUSTY INTERIOR. OBSERVED DIRTY STANDING WATER IN REACH IN BEER COOLER IN BASEMENT BAR. REMOVE ALL STANDING WATER IN BASE OF BEER COOLERS AND REMOVE ALL RUST.
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  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE UNCLEAN WITH BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE. INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED AND MAINTAINED. OBSERVED WALLS AND CEILINGS OF BOTH WALK IN COOLERS IN BASEMENT USED TO STORE BOTTLED/CANNED BEER AND KEGS WITH BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCES. ALL WALLS AND CEILINGS OF BOTH WALK IN COOLERS MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED AND MAINTAINED IN A SANITARY CONDITION AT ALL TIMES. ALL FAN COVERS HAVE DUST ACCUMULATION AND BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE. FAN COVERS MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED AND MAINTAINED. ALL LIQUOR SHELVES IN BASEMENT WITH HEAVY DUST AND DIRT ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL LIQUOR SHELVES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR OF KITCHEN UNCLEAN BEHIND REACH IN REFRIGERATOR NEAR DISH MACHINE. ALL FLOOR MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED UNDER AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR OF KITCHEN UNCLEAN BEHIND REACH IN REFRIGERATOR NEAR DISH MACHINE. ALL FLOOR MUST BE CLEANED AND SANITIZED UNDER AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING IN BASEMENT OF REAR BAR WITH LEAKING CONDITION AND IN DISREPAIR. LEAK MUST BE REPAIRED AND CEILING MUST BE RESTORED TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. OBSERVED CEILING VENTS IN MENS AND LADIES WASHROOM IN BASEMENT WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING IN BASEMENT OF REAR BAR WITH LEAKING CONDITION AND IN DISREPAIR. LEAK MUST BE REPAIRED AND CEILING MUST BE RESTORED TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. OBSERVED CEILING VENTS IN MENS AND LADIES WASHROOM IN BASEMENT WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
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  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED LOW WATER PRESSURE AT HANDSINK IN REAR BAR. RESTORE FULL WATER PRESSURE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Trinity Bar last inspected?

Trinity Bar has 14 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Trinity Bar vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

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  cooked · January 26, 2012
• ✓ Casbah Cafe
  cooked · October 14, 2015
• ✓ Little Jim's
  clean · December 14, 2015
• ✓ Que Rico
  cooked · September 7, 2012
• ✓ Rocks Lincoln Park
  cooked · September 17, 2013
• ? Bally Total Fitness Corporation
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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 February 3, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.