Barcocina

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 22, 2025
• address1814 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Barcocina clean?

Barcocina is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Barcocina?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • OBSERVED FACILITY UTILIZING UNAPPROVED SANITIZER. FACILITY UTILIZED 256 CENTURY Q SANITIZER. LABEL STATES USE FOR NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES. SANITIZER IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ANY TEST STRIPS ON SITE. SANITIZER HOOKED UP TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED OPERATOR TO USE APPROVED SANITIZER. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • OBSERVED FACILITY UTILIZING UNAPPROVED SANITIZER. FACILITY UTILIZED 256 CENTURY Q SANITIZER. LABEL STATES USE FOR NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES. SANITIZER IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ANY TEST STRIPS ON SITE. SANITIZER HOOKED UP TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED OPERATOR TO USE APPROVED SANITIZER. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WATER HEATER IN REAR TOILET ROOM WITH A SMALL LEAK. WATER OBSERVED POOLING ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR LEAK AT WATER HEATER.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CEILING TILES MISSING FROM CEILING NEAR 2ND FLOOR WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE MISSING CEILING TILES.

When was Barcocina last inspected?

Barcocina has 6 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2022.

Barcocina vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 January 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.