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Bake For Me
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 27, 2018
- address321 N Clark St, Chicago 60654
Is Bake For Me clean?
Bake For Me is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 27, 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 Bake For Me?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED COOKIES AT FRONT COUNTER, INTENDED FOR CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE, WITHOUT PROPER LABELS. (PREPACKAGED ITEMS LIKE YOGURT, FRUIT, SALADS ARE HELD IN COOLER THAT IS NOT OPEN FOR CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE). PREPACKAGED "T0-GO" ITEMS IN CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE AREAS MUST HAVE PROPER LABEL THAT INCLUDES: NAME OF PRODUCT, LIST OF INGREDIENTS, LIST OF ALLERGENS, NET WEIGHT, AND ADDRESS OF MANUFACTURER.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED COOKIES AT FRONT COUNTER, INTENDED FOR CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE, WITHOUT PROPER LABELS. (PREPACKAGED ITEMS LIKE YOGURT, FRUIT, SALADS ARE HELD IN COOLER THAT IS NOT OPEN FOR CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE). PREPACKAGED "T0-GO" ITEMS IN CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE AREAS MUST HAVE PROPER LABEL THAT INCLUDES: NAME OF PRODUCT, LIST OF INGREDIENTS, LIST OF ALLERGENS, NET WEIGHT, AND ADDRESS OF MANUFACTURER.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED WOVEN WICKER BASKETS BEING USED TO STORE BREAD AND PASTRIES. MUST NOT USE WICKER BASKETS FOR FOOD STORAGE AND MUST MAINTAIN ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED WOVEN WICKER BASKETS BEING USED TO STORE BREAD AND PASTRIES. MUST NOT USE WICKER BASKETS FOR FOOD STORAGE AND MUST MAINTAIN ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
When was Bake For Me last inspected?
Bake For Me has 11 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| April 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 27, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2015 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2014 | Pass | |
| June 7, 2013 | Pass | |
| March 12, 2012 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2010 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2010 | Fail |
Bake For Me 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 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.