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Bread Basket
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 17, 2015
- address4725 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60641
Is Bread Basket clean?
Bread Basket is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 17, 2015. 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 Bread Basket?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalHands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • OBSERVED BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS. OBSERVED EMPLOYEE CUTTING READY TO EAT BREAD WITH BARE HANDS. REVIEWED CDPH RULE OF NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS. EMPLOYEE THEN WASHED HANDS AND WORE GLOVES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A).
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • OBSERVED FOODS NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. OBSERVED RAW EGGS, ONE BEING CRACKED, STORED ON TOP OF UNCOVERED, READY TO EAT ONIONS, CHEESE AND TOMATOES INSIDE THE COOKS LINE TWO DOOR COOLER. EMPLOYEE REMOVED EGGS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL READY TO EAT FOODS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED AND DATED.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • ALL READY TO EAT FOODS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED AND DATED.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsPremises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE 2ND FLOOR STORAGE ROOM MUST BE ORGANIZED AND ELEVATED 6" FROM THE FLOOR.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO CERTIFICATES OR PROOF OF TRAINING. MUST HAVE PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO CERTIFICATES OR PROOF OF TRAINING. MUST HAVE PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
When was Bread Basket last inspected?
Bread Basket has 12 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| April 17, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 10, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 27, 2013 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2012 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2011 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2011 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2010 | Pass |
Bread Basket vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.
Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 17, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.