Brasa Roja Express

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 4, 2025 →
• address4011 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Brasa Roja Express clean?

Brasa Roja Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Brasa Roja Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Brasa Roja Express last inspected?

Brasa Roja Express has 7 inspections on record going back to August 28, 2019.

Brasa Roja Express vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 78% clean across 369 tracked restaurants — 288 clean, 74 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 369 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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