Brandy's Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 12, 2026
• address6262 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60631

Is Brandy's Restaurant clean?

Brandy's Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Brandy's Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED CHEESE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER AND PLACE IN CONTAINER WITHOUT LABEL CONTAINING THE PRODUCT NAME. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOODS AND SPICES WITH COMMON NAME THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER ON SHELVING UNITS IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD FROM SHELVING UNITS. ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • NOTED SOME USE OF MILK CRATES FOR ELEVATION AT THE KITCHEN AREA AND DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE MILK CRATES FOR ELEVATION TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST. MUST PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SHELVING FOR STORAGE. ALL FOOD ITEMS MUST ALSO BE STORED 6" AWAY FROM THE WALL
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, COOLERS, FREEZERS, SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED RESIDUE ON INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOILED MOP HEADS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HANG MOP HEADS TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED SOME VENTS THROUGHTOUT FACILITY IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED SOME VENTS THROUGHTOUT FACILITY IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Brandy's Restaurant last inspected?

Brandy's Restaurant has 26 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Brandy's Restaurant vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% of them.

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• ? Talcott Village Restaurant
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• ✓ Bakers Square Restaurant
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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 January 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.