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Corner Bakery Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 14, 2018
- address444 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Corner Bakery Cafe clean?
Corner Bakery Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 14, 2018. 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 March 14, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP INSIDE PREP AREAS REACH IN COOLERS DOOR RUBBER GASKETS AND FOOD/DUST BUILD UP ON VENTILATION HOOD FILTERS. MUST CLEAN DOOR GASKETS AND VENTILATION HOOD FILTERS.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD/DUST BUILD UP ON FLOOR ALONG CORNERS/WALLS AND COOLERS/COOKING EQUIPMENT AT PREP AREAS AND DISHWASH AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD/DUST BUILD UP ON FLOOR ALONG CORNERS/WALLS AND COOLERS/COOKING EQUIPMENT AT PREP AREAS AND DISHWASH AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE BOTH GRAB AND GO COOLERS AT FRONT SELF SERVICE LINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR COOLERS.Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE BOTH GRAB AND GO COOLERS AT FRONT SELF SERVICE LINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR COOLERS.
- ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED SOME FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS BEHIND FRONT PREP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED SOME FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS BEHIND FRONT PREP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
When was Corner Bakery Cafe last inspected?
Corner Bakery Cafe has 13 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| March 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 16, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2014 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2012 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2010 | Pass |
Corner Bakery Cafe vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 March 14, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.