Bay Leaf Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 12, 2016 →
• address3641 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60618

Is Bay Leaf Restaurant clean?

Bay Leaf Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 12, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bay Leaf Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 12, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded

When was Bay Leaf Restaurant last inspected?

Bay Leaf Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to April 12, 2016.

Bay Leaf Restaurant vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 78% clean across 369 tracked restaurants — 288 clean, 74 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 369 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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.

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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 April 12, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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