Buona

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 20, 2025
• address10637 S Western Ave, Chicago 60643

Is Buona clean?

Buona is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Buona?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED FLOOR DRAIN LEFT SIDE OF THE DISH WASHING MACHINE CLOGGED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING BACKFLOW. • OBSERVED THE TWO DOOR LOW REACH IN COOLING UNIT IN FOOD PREP AREA UNDER THE DOUBLE MONITOR LEFT DOOR GASKET SEAL IN NEED OF REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF KEEPING PROPER TEMPERATURE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT FLOOR WITH A BUILD UP OF DIRT AND DEBRIS BUILDING UP ALONG THE WALL AND IN THE CORNERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITH BUILD UP OF GREASE SPILLAGE DOWN THE SIDES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL EQUIPMENT AS NEEDED AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSECT ACTIVITY.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED A LEAK AT THE KNOB UNDER THE HAND WASHING SINK LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PREP AREA... ALSO OBSERVED A LEAK AT THE HOT WATER KNOB OF THE HAND WASHING SINK ACROSS FROM THE DRIVETHROUGH WINDOW. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN BOTH.

When was Buona last inspected?

Buona has 16 inspections on record going back to February 9, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Buona vs Beverly

Beverly runs 68% clean across 177 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 34 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 177 spots Cooked tracks in Beverly, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

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• ✓! Harolds Chicken
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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 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.