Corner Bakery Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 14, 2023
• address56 W Randolph St, Chicago 60601

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 14, 2023. 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 14, 2023, 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 • No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( deli, chicken, eggs....) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • Found 24 lbs of sliced deli turkey at 54.4-68.1f stored in a large bucket in 3-comp sink. apparently food handler was using hot water to thaw frozen food for too long. Instructed manger keep cold TCS foods held at 41f or lower. Priority violation 7-38-005. Item discarded valued at $125.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • Clean utensils Rack next to soiled dishes at 3-comp sink, instructed to install a barrier.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Ice maker interior surfaces not clean, instructed to clean and maintain.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Noted a hole in the wall, instructed to repair. • Trash and food debris noted under dish washing machine, instructed to clean and maintain.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • No mechanical ventilation in all restroom, Instructed to provide.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • No mechanical ventilation in all restroom, Instructed to provide.

When was Corner Bakery Cafe last inspected?

Corner Bakery Cafe has 25 inspections on record going back to February 4, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Corner Bakery Cafe vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Loop

• ✓! Corner Bakery Cafe
  cooked · May 26, 2022
• ✓! Corner Bakery Cafe
  cooked · January 24, 2020
• ✓ Corner Bakery Cafe
  cooked · June 24, 2022
• ✓! Corner Bakery Cafe
  cooked · July 10, 2018
• ✓! Panda Express, Inc #1102
  mid · March 31, 2026
• ✓ Panda Express, Inc
  clean · January 6, 2025

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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 14, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.