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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 • SOME FOOD HANLDERS TRAINING CERTIFICATES HAVE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST UPDATE FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING CERTIFICATES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • SOME FOOD HANLDERS TRAINING CERTIFICATES HAVE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST UPDATE FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2015 | Pass |
Billy Goat Tavern & Grill 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 March 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.