Ace Bakery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 17, 2025
• address3241 S Halsted St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineBakery

Is Ace Bakery clean?

Ace Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ace Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO INTERNAL NOR EXTERNAL THERMOMETER FOR THE 3-DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN THE MIDDLE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A THERMOMETER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • DETERGENT AND SANITIZER HOSE ON REAR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK SITS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COMPARTMENTS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE HOSE SHORTENED SO IT DOES NOT CONTAMINATE NOR CAUSE BACK SIPHONAGE. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • DETERGENT AND SANITIZER HOSE ON REAR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK SITS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COMPARTMENTS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE HOSE SHORTENED SO IT DOES NOT CONTAMINATE NOR CAUSE BACK SIPHONAGE. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS OR ANY PERSONS IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS OR ANY PERSONS IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHES IMPROPERLY STORED ON THE PREP TABLES, INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTIONS (SANITIZER MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM)WHEN NOT IN USE. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • THE FAUCET ON THE FRONT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKS AT THE BASE. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN GOOD PLUMBING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, ALONG THE WALLBASE AND UNDER/AROUND THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH FOOD, DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT. • MOPS STORED IN MOP BUCKET. INSTRUCTED TO STORE HANGING UP FOR PROPER AIR DRYING. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • LIGHT SHIELDS MISSING FROM VARIOUS LIGHTS IN THE REAR AND FRONT PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • LIGHT SHIELDS MISSING FROM VARIOUS LIGHTS IN THE REAR AND FRONT PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • SEVERAL FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES EXPIRED AND A MALE EMPLOYEE WITHOUT ONE. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE FOOD HANDLERS TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • SEVERAL FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES EXPIRED AND A MALE EMPLOYEE WITHOUT ONE. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE FOOD HANDLERS TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE.

When was Ace Bakery last inspected?

Ace Bakery has 14 inspections on record going back to October 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ace Bakery vs Bridgeport

Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.

Other spots in Bridgeport

• ✓ International Bakery
  clean · October 26, 2012
• ? Gateway Newstands - Halsted
  cooked · August 15, 2011
• ? Express Grocery Store
  cooked · August 9, 2013
• ✓! Cvs/Pharmacy #8738
  mid · December 9, 2020
• ? Thunderbird Catering Co
  cooked · June 20, 2012
• ? Thunderbird Catering Co
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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 October 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.