Borinken Cakes

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 25, 2025 →
• address5328 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
• cuisineBakery

Is Borinken Cakes clean?

Borinken Cakes is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Borinken Cakes?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness

When was Borinken Cakes last inspected?

Borinken Cakes has 3 inspections on record going back to March 18, 2021.

Borinken Cakes vs West Elsdon

West Elsdon runs 80% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 157 clean, 36 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 November 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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