Buffalo Joe's On Howard

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 26, 2025 →
• address1841 W Howard St, Chicago 60626

Is Buffalo Joe's On Howard clean?

Buffalo Joe's On Howard is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 26, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Buffalo Joe's On Howard?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Buffalo Joe's On Howard last inspected?

Buffalo Joe's On Howard has 22 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Buffalo Joe's On Howard vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 78% clean across 312 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 61 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 312 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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