Alegre Bakery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 15, 2026
• address3420 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618
• cuisineBakery

Is Alegre Bakery clean?

Alegre Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Alegre Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS STORED INSIDE SUGAR FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS STORED INSIDE SUGAR FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED HAND WASHING SINK DRAINING SLOW INSIDE THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTILATION VENTS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR ON BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES FOR THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES FOR THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Alegre Bakery last inspected?

Alegre Bakery has 7 inspections on record going back to September 12, 2017.

Alegre Bakery vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.

Other spots in Irving Park

• ✓ Brudder's
  clean · September 6, 2012
• ✓ Fresco Supermarket
  clean · June 25, 2019
• ✓ Astoria Cafe & Bakery
  clean · March 22, 2021
• ✓ Sharabi Mini Mart
  clean · January 3, 2018
• ✓ Sharabi Mini Mart
  clean · January 9, 2018
• ✓ Patinos Grill
  clean · December 1, 2023

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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 July 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.