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Corner Bakery Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 24, 2020
- address444 W Jackson Blvd, 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 January 24, 2020. 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 January 24, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AVAILABLE @ HAND-SINK LOCATED IN REAR PREP/(IN USE)DISH AREA DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES FOR PROPER HAND WASHING. MANAGER CORRECTED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030 (C). CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED NO HOT RUNNING WATER AVAILABLE @ HAND SINK LOCATED IN FRONT PREP AREA (COLD HOLD LINE) DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. NOTED WATER TEMPERATURE @ 60.0F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HOT WATER TO AT LEAST 100F AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES FOR PROPER HAND-WASHING. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-030 (C). CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WATER LEAKING FROM PIPING ON HANDSINK LOCATED IN FRONT PREP AREA NEAR COLD HOLDING UNITS AS WELL AS REAR PREP/DISH HANDSINK PIPING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND TRASH BEHIND ICE MACHINE IN REAR PREP ON FLOORS, UNDER AL HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND IN DISH AREA IN AND AROUND FLOOR DRAINS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Corner Bakery Cafe last inspected?
Corner Bakery Cafe has 21 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| March 24, 2023 | — | |
| April 25, 2022 | — | |
| January 7, 2021 | — | |
| January 24, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 31, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2017 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 11, 2016 | Pass |
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.
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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 January 24, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.