Barney's Pizza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 7, 2025
• address5648 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60651

Is Barney's Pizza clean?

Barney's Pizza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Barney's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN PUBLIC WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTH STORED IMPROPERLY ON PREP TABLE IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DIRTY OVERHEAD VENTS IN THE DISHWASHING, FOOD PREP AND DRY STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE AT THE VENT HOOD IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AT THE GRILL AND FRYERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DIRTY OVERHEAD VENTS IN THE DISHWASHING, FOOD PREP AND DRY STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE AT THE VENT HOOD IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AT THE GRILL AND FRYERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FOR #58 (FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE) NOT CORRECTED FROM PREVIOUS REPORT #258955 DATED 2/15/24. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WITH VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED (DUE TO CONTINUED NON-COMPLIANCE).
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FOR #58 (FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE) NOT CORRECTED FROM PREVIOUS REPORT #258955 DATED 2/15/24. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WITH VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED (DUE TO CONTINUED NON-COMPLIANCE).

When was Barney's Pizza last inspected?

Barney's Pizza has 41 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Barney's Pizza vs Austin

Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.

Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.