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Bobo's Italian Beef
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 13, 2025
- address6161 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60646
Is Bobo's Italian Beef clean?
Bobo's Italian Beef is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bobo's Italian Beef?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD UP OF PINK SLIME IN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED 1 OF 2 CERTIFIED MANAGERS WITH EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
When was Bobo's Italian Beef last inspected?
Bobo's Italian Beef has 7 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 23, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| December 3, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 5, 2020 | — | |
| December 13, 2019 | — | |
| January 18, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2018 | Fail |
Bobo's Italian Beef vs Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park runs 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 February 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.