Corner Bakery Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 17, 2013
• address1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago 60605

Is Corner Bakery Cafe clean?

Corner Bakery Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 17, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Corner Bakery Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE RUBBER GASKETS ON THE PREP COOLER, KNIVES AND KNIFE RACK AND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE LOWER LEVEL AND 1ST FL PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAINS AND FLOORS IN CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAINS AND FLOORS IN CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS IN REAR BY MOPSINK IN LOWER LEVEL PREP.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS IN REAR BY MOPSINK IN LOWER LEVEL PREP.

When was Corner Bakery Cafe last inspected?

Corner Bakery Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2010.

Corner Bakery Cafe vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 17, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.