Brando's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 2, 2013
• address343 S Dearborn St, Chicago 60604

Is Brando's clean?

Brando's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 2, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Brando's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE A PROPER COVER FOR THE EMPTY ICE BOX HOLDER AT THE FRONT BAR AREA. MUST SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD UNDER BAR COUNTER AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE A PROPER COVER FOR THE EMPTY ICE BOX HOLDER AT THE FRONT BAR AREA. MUST SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD UNDER BAR COUNTER AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST REPLACE CUTTING BOARD AT REAR PREP AREA WITH DARK GROOVES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES TO REMOVE DUST AT ALL CORNERS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES TO REMOVE DUST AT ALL CORNERS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR LEAK UNDER EXPOSED HANDSINK AT THE BAR AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PREMISES.

When was Brando's last inspected?

Brando's has 1 inspection on record going back to April 2, 2013.

Brando's vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 April 2, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.