Twisted Cantina

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
• address1640 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Twisted Cantina clean?

Twisted Cantina is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2025. 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 Twisted Cantina?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE POSTED AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON DUTY AT ALL TIME WHEN TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED, HANDLED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED THE FRONT AND REAR EXIT DOORS WITH 1/4" GAPS AT THE BOTTOM OF DOORS. MUST PROVIDE WEATHER STRIPS TO PREVENT POSSIBLE ENTRY POINTS FOR PESTS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED OPENINGS INTO THE FLOOR WALL BASE IN THE BAR AREA. MUST SEAL TO PREVENT POSSIBLE ENTRY POINTS FOR PESTS.

When was Twisted Cantina last inspected?

Twisted Cantina has 25 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Twisted Cantina 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 23% 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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.