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Dan's Bakery& Eatery
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 15, 2025
- address2521-23 W 79Th St, Chicago 60652
Is Dan's Bakery& Eatery clean?
Dan's Bakery& Eatery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dan's Bakery& Eatery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT THE TWO FRONT HAND WASHING STATIONS. INSTRUCTED INSTALL.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE REAR HAND WASHING SINK WITH A LEAK AT THE DRAIN PIPE...ALSO OBSERVED THE TWO COMPARTMENT SINK WITH A LEAK AT THE FAUCET BASE AND A LEAK A THE BOTTOM DRAIN PIPE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA AND THE REAR STORAGE AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING UNDER SHELVING, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AND ALONG THE WALL AREAS...AS WELL AS THE TOILET ROOM FLOORS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED SOME OF THE CEILING TILES IN THE FRONT SERVICE AREA BADLY STAINED IN OF REPLACING. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Dan's Bakery& Eatery last inspected?
Dan's Bakery& Eatery has 26 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Dan's Bakery& Eatery vs Ashburn
Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.
Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 December 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.