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Au Bon Pain
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 6, 2018
- address125 S Wacker Dr, Chicago 60606
Is Au Bon Pain clean?
Au Bon Pain is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 6, 2018. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Au Bon Pain?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 6, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • ALSO SOLIED CEILNG TILES IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • ALSO SOLIED CEILNG TILES IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAKY PIPE UNDER 2- COMPARTMENT SINK IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
When was Au Bon Pain last inspected?
Au Bon Pain has 17 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| June 6, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 1, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 14, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 8, 2018 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 5, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2015 | Fail | |
| June 19, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Au Bon Pain vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 June 6, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.