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Au Bon Pain
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2013
- address251 E Huron St, Chicago 60611
Is Au Bon Pain clean?
Au Bon Pain is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 26, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Au Bon Pain?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED CHICKEN AT 44.3-51.0F, HAM AT 49.2F, CHEESES AT 47.6F, HUMMUS AT 57.0F, CUT TOMATOES AT 47.3F, PESTO SAUCE AT 53.4F, SALMON AT 45.2F, EGGS AT 47.1-54.3F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 65# OF FOOD WORTH $250. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED DISCOLORATION AND A SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ALL ICE AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE MACHINE. THE ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED DURING THE INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE FOOD DEBRIS ON THE INSIDE OF THE MICROWAVE AT THE BAGEL/SANDWICH PREP AREA.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SCRAPE AND REPAINT THE PEELING PAINT ON THE CEILING ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SCRAPE AND REPAINT THE PEELING PAINT ON THE CEILING ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR THE LEAKING DRAIN LINE UNDER THE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE BAGEL/SANDWICH PREP AREA.
When was Au Bon Pain last inspected?
Au Bon Pain has 4 inspections on record going back to October 28, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| February 26, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 13, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2011 | Pass |
Au Bon Pain vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 February 26, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.