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
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

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 72% clean across 205 tracked restaurants — 145 clean, 43 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 205 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.

Other spots in Chatham

• ✓ Luversia's Family Restaurant
  cooked · December 3, 2014
• ✓ Captain Hooks Of Dan Ryan
  cooked · 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

See every restaurant inspection in Chatham →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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