1492 Cuban Fusion Cafe

2615 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Passed · Jul 8, 2025 Directions
80
Good BiteKarma score 80 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 5 of 8 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Jul 8, 2025: passed with 9 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 6 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jul 8

    Canvass

    9 violations
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Apr 18

    Canvass

    4 violations
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
  5. 2023
  6. Perfect Jul 14

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    No violations

  7. Failed Jul 5

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean

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