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The Black Barrel Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2022
- 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 January 13, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Black Barrel Tavern?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2022. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was The Black Barrel Tavern last inspected?
The Black Barrel Tavern has 2 inspections on record going back to January 11, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2022 | Fail |
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 January 13, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.