Of the 151 restaurants GutCheck tracks in Back of the Yards, 112 (74%) 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 21 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.
How many restaurants in Back of the Yards have failed a Chicago health inspection?
2 of the 151 restaurants GutCheck currently tracks in Back of the Yards hold a Fail on their most recent Chicago Department of Public Health inspection. This changes as new inspections come in — GutCheck rebuilds from the city's live feed on every deploy, so this reflects current status, not a historical snapshot.
Is GutCheck's Back of the Yards restaurant health data official?
Yes. Every record comes directly from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections open-data feed (data.cityofchicago.org, dataset 4ijn-s7e5) — the same data the Chicago Department of Public Health publishes itself. GutCheck is an independent service and isn't affiliated with the City of Chicago.