Best BBQ House

2002 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

Passed · Jun 11, 2025 Directions
89
Good BiteKarma score 89 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 4 of 4 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Jun 11, 2025: passed with 3 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 3 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 4 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jun 11

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Allergen training as required
    • Personal cleanliness
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Jul 24

    Canvass

    7 violations
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
    • In-use utensils: properly stored
  5. 2023
  6. Passed Mar 30

    Complaint

    4 violations
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
  7. 2021
  8. Passed Oct 27

    Canvass

    7 violations
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Allergen training as required
    • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events

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