Gerardos Bakery 1

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 19, 2018
• address10125 S Ewing Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisineBakery

Is Gerardos Bakery 1 clean?

Gerardos Bakery 1 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 19, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Gerardos Bakery 1?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR; MUST INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR; MUST INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY; MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012(A); NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS; MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005; NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • BULK CONTAINERS STORING DRY INGREDIENTS (FLOUR, SUGAR) ARE NOT LABELED; MUST LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS WITH NAME OF PRODUCT INSIDE OF CONTAINER.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CAN OPENER AT PREP TABLE NOT CLEAN; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CAN OPENER BLADE, SLEEVE HOLDER AND EXTERIOR SURFACE. OBSERVED LOOSE RUBBER GASKETS AT THE COOLER DOORS AND FREEZER DOORS OF REFRIGERATION AND FREEZER UNITS; REPLACE OR REPAIR GASKETS WHERE NEEDED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FLOOR MIXERS TO REMOVE RESIDUE FROM MIXTURE, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS UNDER PREP TABLE AND INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION/FREEZER UNITS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND NO UTILITY SINK ON PREMISES FOR DISPOSING OF WASTE WATER; MUST INSTALL A UTILITY SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND A BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS NEED CLEANING AROUND THE FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED AND SOME CLEANING NEEDED TO THE FLOORS AROUND AND BEHIND OTHER KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. WALLS NEED CLEANING AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, SINKS AND STOVES; CLEAN WALLS WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED IDPH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED IDPH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was Gerardos Bakery 1 last inspected?

Gerardos Bakery 1 has 1 inspection on record going back to July 19, 2018.

Gerardos Bakery 1 vs East Side

East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 July 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.