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Brass Heart
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 23, 2022
- address4662 N Broadway, Chicago 60640
Is Brass Heart clean?
Brass Heart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 23, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Brass Heart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 23, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO ONE ON SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE OR ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE POSTED ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER/OWNER MUST HAVE A VALID ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE POSTED ON THE PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HANDWASH SIGNAGE AT PREP AREA HANDWASH SINK. MUST PROVIDE.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED ONE BROKEN THERMOMETER INSIDE PREP AREA 2-DOOR REACH IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE WITH WORKING THERMOMETER.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 3-COMPARTMENT SINK HOT WATER HANDLE LOOSE. MUST TIGHTEN HOT WATER HANDLE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
When was Brass Heart last inspected?
Brass Heart has 11 inspections on record going back to July 10, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 3, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| November 23, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 8, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 17, 2021 | — | |
| December 2, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2020 | Fail | |
| November 6, 2020 | — | |
| May 16, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 24, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 16, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 10, 2018 | — |
Brass Heart vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 November 23, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.