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Au Bon Pain
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 10, 2017
- address829 S Wabash St, Chicago 60605
Is Au Bon Pain clean?
Au Bon Pain is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 10, 2017. 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 April 10, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND ALL OF THE CUTTING BOARDS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND ALL OF THE CUTTING BOARDS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOUND THE INTERIOR OF THE CABINETS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA AND THE NOZZLES ON THE BEVERAGE STATION IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE BEVERAGE STAINS, FOOD AND DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND THE FLOORS AROUND THE HOT WATER TANK, IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE SINKS AND STORAGE RACKS IN THE REAR PREP AREA NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTEDTO REMOVE DIRT, DUST AND FOOD FROM SAID AREAS AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND THE FLOORS AROUND THE HOT WATER TANK, IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE SINKS AND STORAGE RACKS IN THE REAR PREP AREA NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTEDTO REMOVE DIRT, DUST AND FOOD FROM SAID AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND THE LIGHT FIXTURES WITH DIRT/DUST BUILD UP ABOVE THE COOLERS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND THE LIGHT FIXTURES WITH DIRT/DUST BUILD UP ABOVE THE COOLERS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Au Bon Pain last inspected?
Au Bon Pain has 9 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| April 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2017 | Fail | |
| February 24, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2015 | Fail |
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 April 10, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.