Bakery Garden Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 2, 2015
• address525 W Van Buren St, Chicago 60607

Is Bakery Garden Cafe clean?

Bakery Garden Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 2, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bakery Garden Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • REFRIGERATED PREP TABLE USED FOR BREAKFAST NOT MAINTAINING ADEQUATE TEMPERATURE. AIR TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT 47.1F. INSTRUCTED TO ADJUST THERMOMSTAT, UNIT MUST BE CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING AN INTERNAL AIR TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • WHOLE MILK-48.1F, SKIM MILK-48.2F, MILK-48.3F, MILK-48.7F. ALL MILK MUST BE STORED AND HELD UNDER REFRIGERATION AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW. PRODUCT DISCARDED(15LB VALUED AT $15). CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(B1)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE BOXES FROM PLASTIC STORAGE SHELVES. PAINT RUSTY EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE BOXES FROM PLASTIC STORAGE SHELVES. PAINT RUSTY EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: CAN OPENER AND HOLSTER CONNECTED TO PREP TABLE, CABINET INTERIORS(AREAS WHERE DOORS SLIDE OPEN AND CLOSE) UNDERNEATH COUNTERS IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA, STORAGE SHELVES UNDERNEATH PREP TABLES IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA, EXTERIOR OF DISH MACHINE, AND PLASTIC STORAGE SHELVES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN DUST, DIRT, AND STAINS FROM WALLS IN BOTH PREP AREAS BEHIND PREP TABLES, BEHIND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, BEHIND OVEN, AND IN FRONT PREP AREA NEAR TOASTER OVEN. REPAIR WALLS THAT ARE CHIPPING IN FRONT PREP AREA AND DOORWAY LEADING INTO REAR PREP AREA. CLEAN DUST BUILD-UP FROM LIGHT SHIELDS WHERE PRESENT, AND STAINS FROM CEILING TILES IN REAR PREP AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN DUST, DIRT, AND STAINS FROM WALLS IN BOTH PREP AREAS BEHIND PREP TABLES, BEHIND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, BEHIND OVEN, AND IN FRONT PREP AREA NEAR TOASTER OVEN. REPAIR WALLS THAT ARE CHIPPING IN FRONT PREP AREA AND DOORWAY LEADING INTO REAR PREP AREA. CLEAN DUST BUILD-UP FROM LIGHT SHIELDS WHERE PRESENT, AND STAINS FROM CEILING TILES IN REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.

When was Bakery Garden Cafe last inspected?

Bakery Garden Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2010.

Bakery Garden Cafe vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 October 2, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.