The Slab Bar-B-Que

1918 E 71st St, Chicago, IL 60649

Passed · Jul 1, 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 9 of 9 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Jul 1, 2025: passed with 4 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 9 times, plus 12 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 10 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jul 1

    Canvass

    4 violations
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Aug 23

    Complaint

    3 violations
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Allergen training as required
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  5. Passed Mar 19

    Canvass

    5 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Allergen training as required
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Dec 7

    Canvass

    9 violations
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean

Nearby

BiteKarma scores around The Slab Bar-B-Que, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

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