Honky Tonk Barbeque

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 2, 2025
• address1800 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Honky Tonk Barbeque clean?

Honky Tonk Barbeque is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Honky Tonk Barbeque?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-402.12: OBSERVED THE A SMALL OPENING IN THE CREVICES OF THE LOWER WALL/FLOOR BEHIND THE BULK DRY INGREDIENTS. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(B): OBSERVED THE LIDS ON THE BULK DRY INGREDIENT CONTAINERS WITH DEBRIS AND ONE LID WAS CRACKED. ALSO FOUND GREASE BUILD UP ON THE SHELF UNDER THE GRILL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • 4-601.11(C): OBSERVED ON THE ELECTRICAL BOXES ON THE WALLS NEAR THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER STORED BY THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH BUILD UP OF DEBRIS. ALSO FOUND A BUILD UP OF DEBRIS ON THE TOP OF THE DISHWASHING MACHINE UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13: FOUND NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO TAKE ALLERGEN COURSE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.

When was Honky Tonk Barbeque last inspected?

Honky Tonk Barbeque has 24 inspections on record going back to August 17, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Honky Tonk Barbeque vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.

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• ? Decima Musa
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• ? Angela's
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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 October 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.