GUTCHECKBACK OF THE YARDS
Of the 146 restaurants GUTCHECK tracks in Back of the Yards, 107 (73%) currently hold a Pass on their most recent Chicago health inspection — running 7% below the citywide average, worth knowing before you book a table. Among Back of the Yards restaurants with recent violations, facility maintenance, sanitation & cleaning, and food temperature control come up most often in inspector notes — the same categories the City of Chicago's Food Protection Program flags as Priority and Priority Foundation issues. GUTCHECK logged 19 new Back of the Yards inspections in the most recent 30-day window covered by the city's feed — every listing below reflects each restaurant's current, not historical, status.
All Back of the Yards restaurants & bars
Most-cited violations in Back of the Yards
Across Back of the Yards establishments with any violation on their latest inspection, these come up most often. Citation frequency isn’t the same as severity — see our analysis of which violations actually predict a failure.
- Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
- Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
- Food & Non-food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
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Back of the Yards health inspection FAQ
How do I look up a restaurant's health inspection score in Back of the Yards?
Search any Back of the Yards restaurant or bar by name in the search box on this page, or browse the full list below. Each listing opens a page showing that restaurant's most recent City of Chicago inspection result, the specific violations inspectors cited, and its full inspection history. All 146 Back of the Yards establishments on this page come from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections dataset, which GUTCHECK rebuilds daily.
Which restaurants in Back of the Yards failed their health inspection?
2 of the 146 restaurants currently tracked in Back of the Yards hold a Fail on their most recent inspection, and 37 more passed only with conditions. Use the Failing filter above the list to see them. A Fail means inspectors found violations serious enough that the establishment could not continue operating until they were corrected — most are re-inspected and reopen within days.
What does "Pass with Conditions" mean on a Chicago health inspection?
It means the restaurant passed, but inspectors cited violations that needed correcting — often on the spot, during the inspection itself. It is not a failure and does not stop a restaurant from operating. In Back of the Yards, 37 of 146 establishments currently carry this result, compared with 107 holding a clean Pass. Because roughly one in five Chicago establishments carries it at any given time, treating it as equivalent to a Fail would be misleading.
How often does Chicago inspect restaurants in Back of the Yards, and are the results public?
The Chicago Department of Public Health inspects food establishments on a risk-based schedule — higher-risk operations more frequently — plus complaint-driven and re-inspection visits, so the gap between inspections varies by restaurant rather than following a fixed calendar. Every result is public record, published through the city's open-data portal (dataset 4ijn-s7e5). GUTCHECK reads that same feed directly; it's an independent service and isn't affiliated with the City of Chicago.
Independent service — not affiliated with the City of Chicago, Cook County, or any restaurant. Health inspection data sourced directly from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections open-data feed (data.cityofchicago.org, dataset 4ijn-s7e5), rebuilt from the live feed on every deploy. Neighborhood is derived from ZIP code and is approximate.