The Brown Sack

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 23, 2014
• address3581 W Belden Ave, Chicago 60647

Is The Brown Sack clean?

The Brown Sack is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 23, 2014. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at The Brown Sack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated in reach in freezer, must properly date food items in reach freezer.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated in reach in freezer, must properly date food items in reach freezer.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of reach in cooler shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices), rear storage shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices), rach in cooler fan guards not clean, need detailed.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor under heavy equipment, cooking equipment , not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor under heavy equipment, cooking equipment , not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).

When was The Brown Sack last inspected?

The Brown Sack has 6 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2010.

The Brown Sack vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 May 23, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.