Caribbean American Baking Co

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2026 →
• address1539 W Howard St, Chicago 60626
• cuisineBakery

Is Caribbean American Baking Co clean?

Caribbean American Baking Co is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 23, 2026. 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 Caribbean American Baking Co?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2026, 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
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Caribbean American Baking Co last inspected?

Caribbean American Baking Co has 20 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 4 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Caribbean American Baking Co vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 77% clean across 311 tracked restaurants — 237 clean, 64 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 311 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

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  clean · April 13, 2020
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  clean · January 29, 2013
• ✓ Rocky's Tacos
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• ✓ Alberto's Pizza
  clean · May 28, 2026
• ✓ Taste Of Peru
  clean · November 19, 2014
• ? Dearborn Wholesale Grocery Lp
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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 September 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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