Las Brujas Bar

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 1, 2019
• address2300 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago 60608
• cuisineLiquor

Is Las Brujas Bar clean?

Las Brujas Bar is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 1, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Las Brujas Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 1, 2019, 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 • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED THE COOLER AT 63.5*F AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, COOLER MUST MAINTAIN 41*F OR BELOW. PRIORITY 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER FOR REACH IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHLORINE TEST STRIPS ON PREMISES FOR THE CHLORINE TEST STRIPS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHLORINE TEST STRIPS ON PREMISES FOR THE CHLORINE TEST STRIPS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • OBSERVED NO HOT WATER AT THE MENS RESTROOM SINKS(OUTER WALL), INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY 7-38-030(c), NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • OBSERVED NO HOT WATER AT THE MENS RESTROOM SINKS(OUTER WALL), INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY 7-38-030(c), NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was Las Brujas Bar last inspected?

Las Brujas Bar has 1 inspection on record going back to February 1, 2019.

Las Brujas Bar vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 February 1, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.