Eastern Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 15, 2019
• address2927 W Touhy Ave, Chicago 60645
• cuisineBakery

Is Eastern Bakery clean?

Eastern Bakery is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 15, 2019. 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 Eastern Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 15, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AT PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-010. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • FOUND LARGE WOODEN BREAD TRAYS AT PREMISES NOT SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN.(APPROXIMATELY 35 TRAYS) ALSO, TRAYS NOT RESISTANT TO CHIPPING. MUST PROVIDE NEW TRAYS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES AT MOP SINK FAUCET. MUST PROVIDE WHERE IT CAN BE LOCATED AND SERVICED.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • FOUND NO GREASE TRAP AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • FOUND NO GREASE TRAP AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND CLUTTER AT REAR OF PREMISES THAT MUST BE REMOVED.OLD EQUIPMENT ETC.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND EXHAUST HOOD FILTERS NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND EXHAUST HOOD FILTERS NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN.

When was Eastern Bakery last inspected?

Eastern Bakery has 4 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2019.

Eastern Bakery vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 November 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.