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Chicago Sweet Connection Bakery
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 26, 2024
- address5569 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago 60630
- cuisineBakery
Is Chicago Sweet Connection Bakery clean?
Chicago Sweet Connection Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 26, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chicago Sweet Connection Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN FRONT NEAR EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOM AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. • OBSERVED SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT REAR, UNUSED FORMER BREAK ROOM SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON DOOR OF WALK-IN COOLER LABELED "COOLER 2." INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
When was Chicago Sweet Connection Bakery last inspected?
Chicago Sweet Connection Bakery has 22 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2015 | Pass |
Chicago Sweet Connection Bakery vs Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park runs 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 July 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.