Au Bon Pain

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 28, 2019 →
• address5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago 60637

Is Au Bon Pain clean?

Au Bon Pain is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on June 17, 2021, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on October 28, 2019. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Au Bon Pain?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Au Bon Pain last inspected?

Au Bon Pain has 14 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Au Bon Pain vs Washington Park

Washington Park runs 76% clean across 140 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 25 mid, 7 cooked.

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 28, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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