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Black Barrel Wine And Cheese
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 23, 2025
- address2831 N Broadway, Chicago 60657
Is Black Barrel Wine And Cheese clean?
Black Barrel Wine And Cheese is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Black Barrel Wine And Cheese?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD UP INSIDE REAR CHEST FREEZER. MUST REMOVE ICE CLEAN INTERIOR SURFACES OF FREEZER AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN ONE OF THE UNISEX WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN ONE OF THE UNISEX WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED A FEW WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA/ FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE TILES. OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILE AND OPENING INTO CEILING IN REAR PREP AREA, REAR DISHWASHING AND REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAIR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN FACILITY IN A GOOD REPAIR. • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT BAR AREA AND BEHIND REFRIGERATION UNITS IN REAR KITCHEN PREP AREA. OBSERVED HEAVY DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTILATIONVENTS INSIDE UNISEX WASHROOMS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES FOR THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES FOR THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES.
When was Black Barrel Wine And Cheese last inspected?
Black Barrel Wine And Cheese has 8 inspections on record going back to October 28, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2024 | — | |
| August 9, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2021 | Fail |
Black Barrel Wine And Cheese 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 October 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.