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Buena Vista Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 9, 2025
- address3147 N Broadway, Chicago 60657
Is Buena Vista Restaurant clean?
Buena Vista Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Buena Vista Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR HAND WASHING SINK IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES PREPARING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES PREPARING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP RABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED A TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE FRONT PREP 2-DOOR COOLER AND INSIDE 2-DOOR TALL REFRIGERATOR.MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Buena Vista Restaurant last inspected?
Buena Vista Restaurant has 19 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 18, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 13, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 5, 2021 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 7, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Buena Vista Restaurant vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.