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Bandera
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 28, 2019
- address535 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Bandera clean?
Bandera is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 28, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bandera?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED A TORN GASKET IN PREP COOLER LOCATED IN SALAD AND GRILL PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED A BUILD UP OF DUST ON CEILING PANELS ABOVE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN REAR PREP AREA.
When was Bandera last inspected?
Bandera has 22 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| March 9, 2022 | — | |
| January 28, 2021 | — | |
| October 28, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 20, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 20, 2014 | Pass |
Bandera vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 28, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.