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Butcher And The Bear
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 19, 2026
- address2721 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614
Is Butcher And The Bear clean?
Butcher And The Bear is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Butcher And The Bear?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING FROM GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT AND SHELVING ALONG THE WALLS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Butcher And The Bear last inspected?
Butcher And The Bear has 11 inspections on record going back to November 20, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 16, 2025 | — | |
| July 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 23, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| January 5, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 19, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2019 | Fail | |
| November 20, 2018 | — |
Butcher And The Bear 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 May 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.