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Uncle J's Bbq
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 2, 2022
- address502 E 47Th St, Chicago 60653
Is Uncle J's Bbq clean?
Uncle J's Bbq is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 2, 2022. 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 Uncle J's Bbq?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION ON BOTTOMS OF COOKING EQUIPMENT (WHEELS, PIPES ALONG BACK OF COOK LINE, ETC.) MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED POROUS WOOD USED AT FLOOR COVERING IN RESTROOM. MUST SEAL TO MAKE NON-POROUS, SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
When was Uncle J's Bbq last inspected?
Uncle J's Bbq has 17 inspections on record going back to January 14, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| August 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 8, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 1, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 14, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 18, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 19, 2018 | — | |
| October 13, 2017 | Pass |
Uncle J's Bbq vs Grand Boulevard
Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.
Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, 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 August 2, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.