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The Black Barrel Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 27, 2023
- address455 W North Ave., Chicago 60610
Is The Black Barrel Tavern clean?
The Black Barrel Tavern is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 27, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Black Barrel Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11: OBSERVED DAMAGED GASKETS ON THE PREP-LINE REACH IN COOLER ACROSS THE STOVE TOP AREA MAKING WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW PREP-LINE COOLER DOORS CLOSE PROPERLY. FACILITY MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was The Black Barrel Tavern last inspected?
The Black Barrel Tavern has 13 inspections on record going back to January 11, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 6, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 26, 2024 | — | |
| December 16, 2024 | — | |
| August 26, 2024 | — | |
| August 12, 2024 | — | |
| October 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 6, 2023 | — | |
| May 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 27, 2022 | — | |
| January 13, 2022 | Pass |
The Black Barrel Tavern vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 October 27, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.