C-Dawg's Barbeque Llc is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid π¬.
What did inspectors find at C-Dawg's Barbeque Llc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
π‘οΈhot/cold holding temps off
Proper Hot Holding Temperatures β’ 3-501.16(A:1) OBSERVED INADEQUATE HOT HOLDING OF TCS FOODS DURING THE INSPECTION. OBSERVED ABOUT 5 LBS OF COOKED PORK SAUSAGE LINKS AT AN INADEQUATE HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 101F AND ABOUT 15 LBS OF COOKED RIBS AT INADEQUATE HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 118F LOCATED IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT. FOOD HANDLER STATED THAT THE "FOOD WAS BEING REHEATED" WHEN INSPECTOR ASKED FOR A LOG CONTAINING THE TIME THE TCS FOOD WAS PLACED IN THE HOT HOLDING UNIT THE FOOD HANDLER STATED "HE DID NOT HAVE ANY LOG" WHEN THE INSPECTOR ASKED WHAT WAS THE FINAL TEMPERATURE THE TCS FOODS WERE BEING REHEATED TO, THE FOOD HANDLER STATED "AROUND 140F OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT" INSPECTOR THEN INSTRUCTED THAT IF THE FACILITY IS USING TIME AS A TEMPERATURE CONTROL OR REHEATING THEN A LOG WITH THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE, TIME FRAME OF REHEATING IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT, AND FINAL TEMPERATURE MUST BE ON SITE IN ORDER FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO VERIFY THE REHEATING PROCESS DURING THE INSPECTION. WHEN THE INSPECTOR INSTRUCTED THE FACILITY TO DISCARD SAID TCS FOODS BOTH THE FEMALE MANAGER AND THE MALE FOOD HANDLER REFUSED TO DISCARD TCS FOODS. INSPECTOR THEN INSTRUCTED FOR A SECOND TIME THAT ALL HOT HOLDING TCS FOODS MUST BE DISCARDED WHILE THE INSPECTOR IS ON SITE, THE MALE FOOD HANDLER STATED THAT "THE FACILITY IS GONNA CLOSE ANYWAY" NO TCS FOODS WERE DISCARD DURING THE TIME INSPECTOR WAS ON SITE DUE TO FACILITY REFUSING TO DISCARD TCS FOODS THAT ARE AN IMMINENT HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC. AREA SUPERVISOR NOTIFIED. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
β οΈMiscellaneous / Public Health Orders β’ 8-402.30 INSPECTOR NOT ALLOWED TO COMPLETE THE INSPECTION DUE TO THE OPERATOR STATING THAT THE INSPECTION REPORT AND CITATIONS WERE TO BE FINISHED OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY ON THE FACILITY'S BENCH. OPERATOR MUST ALLOW FULL ACCESS AND ALLOW INSPECTORS TO COMPLETE THE INSPECTION AND INSPECTION REPORTS IN IT'S ENTIRETY.
Miscellaneous / Public Health Orders β’ 8-402.30 INSPECTOR NOT ALLOWED TO COMPLETE THE INSPECTION DUE TO THE OPERATOR STATING THAT THE INSPECTION REPORT AND CITATIONS WERE TO BE FINISHED OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY ON THE FACILITY'S BENCH. OPERATOR MUST ALLOW FULL ACCESS AND ALLOW INSPECTORS TO COMPLETE THE INSPECTION AND INSPECTION REPORTS IN IT'S ENTIRETY.
When was C-Dawg's Barbeque Llc last inspected?
C-Dawg's Barbeque Llc has 3 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2024.
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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.