Buona

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2019
• address804 W Washington Blvd, Chicago 60607

Is Buona clean?

Buona is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Buona?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE BREAD CRUMBS ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA BEHIND PREP TABLE ON FLOORS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ONSITE FOR REVIEW. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE CITY'S HEALTH POLICY, OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTS USED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010 .CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED VARIOUS TCS FOODS (SEASONED BEEF, CHOPPED ARTICHOKE, COOKED SOUPS, TOMATOES,ETC) IN ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS WITHOUT PROPER LABELING INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DISCARD OR USE BY LABELS ON REFRIGERATED, READY TO EAT FOOD PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS HOURS.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • SEE VIOLATION #59.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • SEE VIOLATION #59.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON ALL INTERIOR/EXTERIOR SURFACES OF REFRIGERATION UNITS IN REAR PREP AND STICKY/OILY SUBSTANCE ON PREP TABLE SHELVING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected • NO CHLORINE TEST STRIPS ON SITE DURING TIME OF RE- INSPECTION. OBSERVED CONTINUED NON COMPLIANCE FOR PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, IT IS AS FOLLOWS... "PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE CHLORINE SANITIZER TEST STRIPS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAREWASHING MACHINE LOCATED IN REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN TEST STRIP KIT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TO ENSURE EQUIPMENT IS SANITIZING UTENSILS AT PROPER CONCENTRATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED ". MANAGER CORRECTED DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected • NO CHLORINE TEST STRIPS ON SITE DURING TIME OF RE- INSPECTION. OBSERVED CONTINUED NON COMPLIANCE FOR PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, IT IS AS FOLLOWS... "PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE CHLORINE SANITIZER TEST STRIPS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAREWASHING MACHINE LOCATED IN REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN TEST STRIP KIT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TO ENSURE EQUIPMENT IS SANITIZING UTENSILS AT PROPER CONCENTRATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED ". MANAGER CORRECTED DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Buona last inspected?

Buona has 4 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2018.

Buona vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 September 3, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.