Wilma's Famous BBQ & Tavern

17 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60602

Perfect · Apr 14, 2025 Directions
95
Excellent BiteKarma score 95 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 3 of 3 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Apr 14, 2025: perfect, no violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 2 times.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Perfect Apr 14

    Complaint

    No violations

  3. 2024
  4. Passed Dec 18

    Canvass

    6 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  5. 2023
  6. Visit Aug 9

    Canvass

  7. 2021
  8. Passed Oct 6

    Canvass

    4 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried, and handled

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