Dat Barbecue

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 4, 2023
• address8247-8249 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619

Is Dat Barbecue clean?

Dat Barbecue is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 4, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Dat Barbecue?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 4, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND DRYING PROVISION IN THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM, THE PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER WAS NOT WORKING IN THE SAID TOILET RESTROOM. MUST OBTAIN, REPAIR, AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C,) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE REFRIGERATION UNITS, CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED TO MONITOR THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO EQUIP ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS WITH ACCURATE AND WORKING THERMOMETERS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL, INSECT CONTROL DEVICES INSTALLED ABOVE A FOOD PREP TABLES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE MANAGER TO RELOCATE SAID INSECT CONTROL DEVICE, SO THAT THE DEVICE IS NOT LOCATED OVER ANY FOOD PREPARATION AREAS AND FOOD PREPARATION EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED STYROFOAM CUPS STORED IN THE BULK DRY SPICE CONTAINERS AND SCOOPS WITH THE HANDLE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRY FOOD INGREDIENTS. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER UTENSILS WITH HANDLES AND REFRAIN FROM STORING THE UTENSILS WITH THE HANDLE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE FOOD ITEMS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED STYROFOAM CUPS STORED IN THE BULK DRY SPICE CONTAINERS AND SCOOPS WITH THE HANDLE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRY FOOD INGREDIENTS. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER UTENSILS WITH HANDLES AND REFRAIN FROM STORING THE UTENSILS WITH THE HANDLE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE FOOD ITEMS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE MICROWAVE AT THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA WITH FOOD DEBRIS ON THE INSIDE OF THE EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID EQUIPMENT MORE FREQUENTLY.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS WITH DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID FLOORS OR FREQUENTLY.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE VENTILATION SYSTEM IN THE MEN'S EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAID VENTILATION SYSTEM.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE VENTILATION SYSTEM IN THE MEN'S EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAID VENTILATION SYSTEM.

When was Dat Barbecue last inspected?

Dat Barbecue has 25 inspections on record going back to September 18, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Dat Barbecue vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.

Other spots in Chatham

• ✓ Luversia's Family Restaurant
  clean · December 3, 2014
• ✓ Captain Hooks Of Dan Ryan
  clean · August 25, 2017
• ✓! Falcon #1
  mid · September 24, 2019
• ✓! Happy Food - Liquor
  mid · April 21, 2020
• ✓ Sam's Grocery
  clean · January 24, 2013
• ✕ Sweet Market Inc.
  cooked · March 11, 2013

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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 4, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.