Beacon Doughnuts

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedNovember 15, 2024
• address2008 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614
• cuisineBakery

Is Beacon Doughnuts clean?

Beacon Doughnuts is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 15, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Beacon Doughnuts?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • NO PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO MANAGER WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED CURRENT PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A MANAGER WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD CERTIFICATE MUST BE PRESENT DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION WHILE TCS FOODS SUCH AS COFFEE AND PASTRIES ARE HANDLED AND PREPARED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO COMPLETED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AVAILABLE AT HAND SINK LOCATED NEXT TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SIGN INSTRUCTING EMPLOYEES THEY MUST WASH HANDS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED BASE OF FAUCET AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING WHEN WATER IS TURNED ON AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SERVICE SINK FAUCET AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOPS STORED IN MOP BUCKET IN WATER AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE MOPS INVERTED OR HUNG UP TO ALLOW FOR AIR DRYING IN BETWEEN USE.

When was Beacon Doughnuts last inspected?

Beacon Doughnuts has 2 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2020.

Beacon Doughnuts vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 November 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.