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Westend Bar & Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 29, 2019
- address1326-1328 W Madison St, Chicago 60607
Is Westend Bar & Grill clean?
Westend Bar & Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 29, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Westend Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 29, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BLACK MILK CRATES BEHIND THE FRONT BAR, THE REAR KITCHEN AREA, AND IN THE BASEMENT PREP AND COOLER AREAS USED TO STORE FOOD ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE FOOD GRADE MATERIALS.
When was Westend Bar & Grill last inspected?
Westend Bar & Grill has 18 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| August 3, 2021 | — | |
| November 29, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 25, 2019 | — | |
| October 18, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2018 | — | |
| August 13, 2018 | — | |
| January 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 31, 2016 | — | |
| September 25, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2015 | Fail |
Westend Bar & Grill vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 29, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.