Uncle John's Bar-B-Que

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 16, 2013
• address337 E 69Th St, Chicago 60637

Is Uncle John's Bar-B-Que clean?

Uncle John's Bar-B-Que is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 16, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Uncle John's Bar-B-Que?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 16, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • CONTINUED NON COMPLIANCE. PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #1319752 ON 9-9-13 NOT CORRECTED. (18)NOTED EVIDENCE OF RODENTS ON SITE. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 50 RAT DROPPINGS SCATTERED UNDER COOK LINE,ON INTERIOR OF FRYERS,ALONG WALLS,ON LOWER SECTIONS OF THE HOT HOLDING UNITS,UNDER PREP TABLES,IN REAR FURNACE ROOM AND IN OFFICE/STORAGE AREA ON SIDES OF REACH IN COOLERS. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS,SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND HAVE THE PEST CONTROL COMPANY SERVICE AREAS. (29)PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT # 1319579 ON 6-6-13 NOT CORRECTED. (38)REPAIR 2ND THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST CORRECT MINOR VIOLATIONS BY THE DATE SPECIFIED ON THE REPORT. MUST CORRECT SERIOUS VIOLATIONS BY THE DATES SPECIFIED ON THE REPORT. ALSO NOTED APPROXIMATELY 15 LIVE SMALL AND LARGE FLIES ON SITE. MUST REMOVE INSECTS AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • CONTINUED NON COMPLIANCE. PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #1319752 ON 9-9-13 NOT CORRECTED. (18)NOTED EVIDENCE OF RODENTS ON SITE. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 50 RAT DROPPINGS SCATTERED UNDER COOK LINE,ON INTERIOR OF FRYERS,ALONG WALLS,ON LOWER SECTIONS OF THE HOT HOLDING UNITS,UNDER PREP TABLES,IN REAR FURNACE ROOM AND IN OFFICE/STORAGE AREA ON SIDES OF REACH IN COOLERS. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS,SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND HAVE THE PEST CONTROL COMPANY SERVICE AREAS. (29)PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT # 1319579 ON 6-6-13 NOT CORRECTED. (38)REPAIR 2ND THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST CORRECT MINOR VIOLATIONS BY THE DATE SPECIFIED ON THE REPORT. MUST CORRECT SERIOUS VIOLATIONS BY THE DATES SPECIFIED ON THE REPORT. ALSO NOTED APPROXIMATELY 15 LIVE SMALL AND LARGE FLIES ON SITE. MUST REMOVE INSECTS AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM STORAGE SHELVES IN FURNACE ROOM AND ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE REAR PREP TABLE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM STORAGE SHELVES IN FURNACE ROOM AND ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE REAR PREP TABLE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE THE PREP AREA AND REMOVE EXCESSIVE DUST. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN FANS IN PREP AREA AND REMOVE EXCESSIVE DUST. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF THE OUTDOOR GREASE RECEPTACLE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL PREP TABLES,INTERIOR OF FRYERS,SHELVES AND SINKS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST REPAIR WORN FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST REPAIR WORN FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE WALLS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST REPLACE ALL STAINED AND DAMAGED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE WALLS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST REPLACE ALL STAINED AND DAMAGED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
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  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE CLUTTER IN REAR EXTERIOR STORAGE AREAS.

When was Uncle John's Bar-B-Que last inspected?

Uncle John's Bar-B-Que has 17 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Uncle John's Bar-B-Que vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 September 16, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.