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Big & Little's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 28, 2021
- address860 N Orleans St, Chicago 60610
Is Big & Little's clean?
Big & Little's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 28, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Big & Little's?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2021. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Big & Little's last inspected?
Big & Little's has 22 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| October 28, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2020 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 26, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 31, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2017 | — |
Big & Little's vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 October 28, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.