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El Nopal Bakery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 7, 2014
- address3648 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
- cuisineBakery
Is El Nopal Bakery clean?
El Nopal Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 7, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Nopal Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 7, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALL AND WALL BASE IN POOR REPAIR (UNFINISHED, HOLES, ETC) BEHIND LARGE MIXERS (EAST WALL). INSTD TO REPAIR SAME. CLEAN ALL LIGHTSHIELDS THRU-OUT FREE OF DEBRISWalls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALL AND WALL BASE IN POOR REPAIR (UNFINISHED, HOLES, ETC) BEHIND LARGE MIXERS (EAST WALL). INSTD TO REPAIR SAME. CLEAN ALL LIGHTSHIELDS THRU-OUT FREE OF DEBRIS
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHTS OUT IN DRY STORAGE ROOMS. INSTD TO REPLACE LIGHTS.
When was El Nopal Bakery last inspected?
El Nopal Bakery has 10 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| October 7, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2014 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2013 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2011 | Fail | |
| September 22, 2011 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2011 | Fail | |
| September 7, 2010 | Pass |
El Nopal Bakery vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 October 7, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.