Black And Caspien

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 28, 2026
• address2908 N Broadway, Chicago 60657

Is Black And Caspien clean?

Black And Caspien is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Black And Caspien?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INADEQUATE LIGHTING PROVIDED IN THE FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN ALL AREAS WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED AND DISHES ARE WASHED.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INADEQUATE LIGHTING PROVIDED IN THE FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN ALL AREAS WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED AND DISHES ARE WASHED.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES WERE PROVIDED FOR FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES WERE PROVIDED FOR FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE RIGHT DOOR OF THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE PREP TABLE BENEATH THE GRILL, AND EXTERIOR OF THE STOVE. CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF THE FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA.

When was Black And Caspien last inspected?

Black And Caspien has 20 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Black And Caspien vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 April 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.