Blackthorn

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 24, 2024
• address11050 S Spaulding Ave, Chicago 60655

Is Blackthorn clean?

Blackthorn is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 24, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Blackthorn?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT OR DIARRHEA KIT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MUST HAVE CLEAN UP KIT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. 90 GRACE PERIOD GIVEN DUE TO 1ST INSPECTION.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • REAR DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED. INSTRUCTED TO ADD WEATHER STRIPPING TO BOTTOM OF DOOR.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE SOME BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE SOME BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • BAR GUN HANDLE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL STICKY SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MENS ROOM IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MENS ROOM IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL SPILLS AND BUILD UP INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • ALL UNNECESSARY CLUTTER IN REAR MUST BE REMOVED AND OR ORGANIZED. ALL ITEMS UP OF THE FLOOR INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Blackthorn last inspected?

Blackthorn has 1 inspection on record going back to July 24, 2024.

Blackthorn vs Mount Greenwood

Mount Greenwood runs 66% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 99 clean, 22 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in Mount Greenwood, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 July 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.