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Billy Goat Tavern & Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 10, 2026
- address1535 W Madison St, Chicago 60607
Is Billy Goat Tavern & Grill clean?
Billy Goat Tavern & Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 10, 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 June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • ALUMINUM FOIL ON STORAGE SHELVES. INSTD TO REMOVE FOIL SO AS SURFACE TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN, AND EASILY CLEANABLE
When was Billy Goat Tavern & Grill last inspected?
Billy Goat Tavern & Grill has 27 inspections on record going back to February 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 15, 2019 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2018 | Pass |
Billy Goat Tavern & Grill vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.