Cooked?Waves Beach Bar & Grill
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 23, 2026 →
- address9801 S Avenue G, Chicago 60617
Is Waves Beach Bar & Grill clean?
Waves Beach Bar & Grill is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 23, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Waves Beach Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
When was Waves Beach Bar & Grill last inspected?
Waves Beach Bar & Grill has 1 inspection on record going back to June 23, 2026.
June 23, 2026 Fail
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East Side runs 76% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 69 clean, 19 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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