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Corner Bakery Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 17, 2016
- address222 S Riverside Plz, Chicago 60606
Is Corner Bakery Cafe clean?
Corner Bakery Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 17, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Corner Bakery Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 17, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALY HAZARDOUS FOOD,( 11-LBS OF CHICKEN SALAD DATED YESTERDAY 11-16-2016) MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER COLD TEMPERATURE OF 44.9F MUST MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 40.0F OR BELOW. FOOD REMOVED AND DISCARDED BY MANAGER,APPROX $40.00- CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
- ❓food from a questionable sourcecriticalAdequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES REAR EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH A LARGE FOOD POT INSIDE OF SINK. HAND SINK NOT CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE FOR USE. MANAGER REMOVED POT,-CDI. INSTRUCTED MANAGER HAND SINK MUST ALWAYS BE CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES,NOTHING IN,ON OR IN FRONT OF SINK. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • PEELING PAINT ON RED WALLS BEHIND DRY STORAGE UNIT IN REAR PREP AND WALLS PEELING AND DAMAGED AT FRONT LINE COOLER.MUST REPAIR.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • PEELING PAINT ON RED WALLS BEHIND DRY STORAGE UNIT IN REAR PREP AND WALLS PEELING AND DAMAGED AT FRONT LINE COOLER.MUST REPAIR.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • 3 BROKEN REFGERATOR THERMOMETERS INSIDE OF FRONT AREA COOLERS.MUST REPLACERefrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • 3 BROKEN REFGERATOR THERMOMETERS INSIDE OF FRONT AREA COOLERS.MUST REPLACE
When was Corner Bakery Cafe last inspected?
Corner Bakery Cafe has 13 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| November 17, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 7, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 12, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2011 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2011 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2011 | Pass |
Corner Bakery Cafe vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 November 17, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.