Buna Time Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 10, 2018
• address1552 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Buna Time Cafe clean?

Buna Time Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 10, 2018. 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 Buna Time Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 10, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATIO. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER NEEDED IN FRONT PREP COOLER. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF COFFEE MACHINES IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORED WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE CLEAN AND ORGANIZE AREA TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTILATION VENTS IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSON WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 100-0367. NO CITATION ISSUED

When was Buna Time Cafe last inspected?

Buna Time Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2017.

Buna Time Cafe vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 July 10, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.