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Chicago Billiard Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 7, 2024
- address5935 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60634
Is Chicago Billiard Cafe clean?
Chicago Billiard Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 7, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chicago Billiard Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LARGE LEAK COMING FROM PIPE IN BASEMENT AND STANDING WATER THROUGHOUT BASEMENT. NO FOOD IS STORED IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN, UNUSED NON-COMMERCIAL DISHWASHER IN PREP/DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FROM PREMISES.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED 2 OF 3 FOOD EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED 2 OF 3 FOOD EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
When was Chicago Billiard Cafe last inspected?
Chicago Billiard Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 8, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 23, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 19, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2013 | Pass | |
| October 19, 2010 | Pass |
Chicago Billiard Cafe vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 7, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.