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
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required
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.
October 23, 2025 Pass
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View full inspection →November 4, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →November 15, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →October 25, 2023 Fail
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View full inspection →October 12, 2023 Fail
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View full inspection →August 9, 2021 Pass
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View full inspection →August 27, 2019 Pass
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View full inspection →December 17, 2018 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →May 16, 2017 Pass
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View full inspection →November 9, 2016 Pass
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View full inspection →January 11, 2016 Pass
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View full inspection →April 30, 2015 Pass
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View full inspection →Bruna's Cafe vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 80% clean across 699 tracked restaurants — 551 clean, 98 mid, 38 cooked.
Against the 699 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 October 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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