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Daebak Korean Bbq
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 23, 2025
- address2017 S Wells St, Chicago 60616
Is Daebak Korean Bbq clean?
Daebak Korean Bbq is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Daebak Korean Bbq?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13: OBSERVED 6 SLABS OF MEAT BEING IMPROPERLY THAWED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAEING METHODS FOR TCS FOODS.Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13: OBSERVED 6 SLABS OF MEAT BEING IMPROPERLY THAWED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAEING METHODS FOR TCS FOODS.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12: OBSERVED DRY INGREDIENT CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Daebak Korean Bbq last inspected?
Daebak Korean Bbq has 12 inspections on record going back to February 15, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| June 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 9, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 30, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2018 | Fail | |
| June 1, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2017 | Pass |
Daebak Korean Bbq vs Armour Square
Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.
Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 April 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.