Brickhouse Tavern

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2025
• address3647 N Clark St, Chicago 60613

Is Brickhouse Tavern clean?

Brickhouse Tavern is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 19, 2025. 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 Brickhouse Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS NEAR HAND WASHING SINKS ON THE 1ST FLOOR WOMEN'S WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED. OBSERVED MAIN ENTRANCE DOUBLE DOOR NOT RODENT PROOF. DOOR HAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH OPENING ON BOTTOM DOOR. MUST MAKE DOOR RODENT PROOF TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING INSIDE PRODUCE WALK-IN COOLER LOCATE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK DRAINING SLOW ON THE 2ND FLOOR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTILATION VENTS THROUGHOUT FOOD PREPARATION AREAS LOCATED ON THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR OF BUSINESS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DUST BUILD UP INSIDE LIGHTSHIELD COVERS IN BOTH FOOD PREPARATION AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED A FEW MISSING CEILING TILES BY SYRUP MACHINE LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR REAR PREP AREA AND SECOND FLOOR REAR PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR /REPLACE TILES. OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR NEXT TO COOKING EQUIPMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR KITCHEN PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Brickhouse Tavern last inspected?

Brickhouse Tavern has 16 inspections on record going back to June 15, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Brickhouse Tavern 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 32% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Brickhouse Tavern
  clean · June 15, 2017
• ✓! Kitchfix (Press Box Annex)
  mid · June 4, 2021
• ✓ Original Pancake House
  clean · June 24, 2025
• ✓ Muscle Maker Grill
  clean · February 8, 2018
• ✓ Butcher's Tap
  clean · September 12, 2017
• ✓ 7-Eleven
  clean · August 10, 2017

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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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.