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Bruna's Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 23, 2025
- address2424 S Oakley Ave, Chicago 60608
Is Bruna's Cafe clean?
Bruna's Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bruna's Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON THE PREP SURFACES. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (SANITIZER MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE. MAINTAIN SAME.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP BEHIND THE BAR IS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN A CLEAN BIN/CONTAINER OR IN THE ICE WITH THE HANDLES UP. MAINTAIN SAME.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP BEHIND THE BAR IS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN A CLEAN BIN/CONTAINER OR IN THE ICE WITH THE HANDLES UP. MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • GUN HOLDER AT THE BAR WITH A PINKISH BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOLDER.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WATER STAINED CEILING TILE IN THE MEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE CEILING TILE. MAINTAIN SAME. • FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, UNDER AND AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THE BASEMENT AND 1ST FL PREP AREA WITH DIRT, FOOD AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS ON SITE AND DON'T HAVE THE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN THE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS ON SITE AND DON'T HAVE THE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN THE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • CFMs ON SITE AND DO NOT HAVE THE FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
When was Bruna's Cafe last inspected?
Bruna's Cafe has 17 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 30, 2015 | Pass |
Bruna's Cafe vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.