CRUZ BLANCA BREWERY & TAQUERIA AND LENA BRAVA

Address: 900-906 W RANDOLPH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60607, Chicago, IL

Latest Inspection: Pass on Sep 26, 2025

Facility Details

• Facility Type: Restaurant
• Risk: Risk 1 (High)
• Status: Independent

Inspection History (17 inspections)

• Pass — 2025-09-26 00:00:00 ()
• Fail — 2025-09-24 00:00:00 () 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: 4-602.13 CLEAN THE PREP TABLE BEHIND THE LENA CRUZ 2ND FLOOR BAR. | 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: 5-205.15 REPAIR TH
• Fail — 2025-09-10 00:00:00 () 9. NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH RTE FOOD OR A PRE-APPROVED ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE PROPERLY ALLOWED - Comments: 3-301.11(B) OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE HANDLE READY-TO-EAT FOODS (TORTILLAS) WITH THE
• Fail — 2025-08-26 00:00:00 (Complaint) 16. FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED - Comments: OBSERVED MOLD-LIKE GROWTH ON INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES INSIDE OF ALL 3 ICE MACHINES LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN
• Pass — 2024-08-16 00:00:00 ()
• Fail — 2024-08-09 00:00:00 () 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE - Comments: OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT THE HAND SINK IN THE PREP AREA. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT PAPER TOWELS MUST BE AVAILABLE AT
• Pass — 2023-09-14 00:00:00 () 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED - Comments: OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON INTERIOR OF 2 DOOR COOLER LOCATED IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED T OREPAIR
• No Entry — 2023-08-28 00:00:00 ()
• Out of Business — 2022-02-09 00:00:00 ()
• Pass — 2022-01-20 00:00:00 () 43. IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED IN ICE BIN AT FRONT BAR. MUST STORE SCOOP IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WHEN NOT IN USE. | 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANA
• Pass — 2019-12-17 00:00:00 () 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON EXTERIOR SURFACES OF CRUSHED ICE MACHINE, AND LARGE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. | 51. PLUMB
• Pass — 2018-05-03 00:00:00 () 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: LIVE SMALL FLIES MINIMIZED | 36. LIGHTING: REQUIR
• Fail — 2018-04-26 00:00:00 () 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 25 LIVE SMALL FLIES ON THE
• Pass w/ Conditions — 2017-04-13 00:00:00 () 1. SOURCE SOUND CONDITION, NO SPOILAGE, FOODS PROPERLY LABELED, SHELLFISH TAGS IN PLACE - Comments: OBSERVED SHELLFISH COMMINGLED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER WITH NO TAGS ATTACHED TO PRODUCT, PRODUCT DUMPED
• Pass — 2016-08-11 00:00:00 () 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FLOOR DRAINS THROUGH OUT NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE BUILD-UP. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAI
• Fail — 2016-08-03 00:00:00 () 6. HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: POOR HYGENIC FOOD PRACTICES OBSERVED BY FOOD HANDLER. USING BARE HANDS TO PLACE READY TO
• Pass — 2016-04-05 00:00:00 () 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE FLOOR AROUND THE FLOOR DRAINS IN ALL PREP AREAS TO BE SMO

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