Bread Basket

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedDecember 6, 2018
• 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 December 6, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — 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 December 6, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 - NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES AND KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED -
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL HANDSINK IN FRONT SERVICE/PREP/COOKING AREA WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER EQUIPPED WITH HAND SOAP AND HAND DRYING DEVICE OR PAPER TOWEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE TCS READY TO EAT FOOD (HELD OVER 24 HOURS). DATE MUST HAVE THE EXPIRY DATE (6 DAYS FROM PREP DATE). PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER STATEMENT IN MENU. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-28-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN OPERATING VISIBLE AND ACCURATE THERMOMETER INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS IN PREP AREAS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAINT STORAGE SHELF WITH RUST BUILD UP NEXT TO DISH MACHINE. • INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND CLEAN REACH IN FREEZER WITH HEAVY ICE BUILDUP IN REAR PREP AREA.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SIDES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF TWO COMPARTMENT SINK, AND STORAGE RACKS WITH DUST AND GREASE ACCUMULATION OF REAR PREP/ DISHWASHING AREA.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE AND COFFEE MACHINE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE, UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN PREP COOKING AREA WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CEILING VENT COVER ABOVE REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE INOPERABLE LIGHT BULB ABOVE PREP COOKING AREA TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE INOPERABLE LIGHT BULB ABOVE PREP COOKING AREA TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • * Allergen Training - All certified food service sanitation managers employed by a restaurant must receive or obtain training in basic allergen awareness principles within 30 days after employment and every 3 years thereafter. Training programs must be accredited by the American National Standards Institute or another reputable accreditation agency under the ASTM International E2659-09 (Standard Practice for Certificate Programs). FOUND NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367 ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSON WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Bread Basket last inspected?

Bread Basket has 7 inspections on record going back to June 30, 2015.

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 16% 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 December 6, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.