Billy Goat Tavern & Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2026 →
• address430 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Billy Goat Tavern & Grill clean?

Billy Goat Tavern & Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Billy Goat Tavern & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Billy Goat Tavern & Grill last inspected?

Billy Goat Tavern & Grill has 21 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Billy Goat Tavern & Grill vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 85% clean across 1,813 tracked restaurants — 1,534 clean, 250 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,813 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 17% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Bellwether
  cooked · November 21, 2019
• ✓ Keefer's Kaffe
  cooked · May 1, 2014
• ✓! Nordstrom Espresso Bar
  mid · March 16, 2026
• ✓ Brehon Pub
  clean · May 28, 2026
• ✓ Old Town Pizza Pub
  clean · April 15, 2026
• ? Cafe Typhoon
  cooked · September 10, 2014

See every restaurant inspection in Near North Side →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.