Piggyback Bbq

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2016
• address500 W Madison St, Chicago 60661

Is Piggyback Bbq clean?

Piggyback Bbq is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 24, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Piggyback Bbq?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS AND CRUMBS IN THE CORNERS UNDER SHELVING AND EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BOXES OF SODA SYRUP BEING STORED ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE SODA MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOOD AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS AND CRUMBS IN THE CORNERS UNDER SHELVING AND EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BOXES OF SODA SYRUP BEING STORED ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE SODA MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOOD AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE TILES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE TILES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • THE 1 COMPARTMENT PREP SINK IS LEAKING FROM THE FAUCET. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE LEAK.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS BEING STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS BEING STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.

When was Piggyback Bbq last inspected?

Piggyback Bbq has 4 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2015.

Piggyback Bbq vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 March 24, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.