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Bang Bang
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 27, 2025
- address2051 N California Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Bang Bang clean?
Bang Bang is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Bang Bang?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (VARIETY OF RAW PORK SAUSAGE PATTY) AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF 48.6F LOCATED IN COLD HOLDING UNIT IN PREP. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 5 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $40.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING BEARD RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR AT ALL TIMES WHEN PREPARING FOOD.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING BEARD RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR AT ALL TIMES WHEN PREPARING FOOD.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
When was Bang Bang last inspected?
Bang Bang has 12 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 10, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 14, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 26, 2012 | Pass |
Bang Bang vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.