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Golden Grain Bakery/Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
- address3342 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Golden Grain Bakery/Cafe clean?
Golden Grain Bakery/Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Golden Grain Bakery/Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR 1/2 FOOD EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR REVIEW.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR 1/2 FOOD EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR REVIEW.
When was Golden Grain Bakery/Cafe last inspected?
Golden Grain Bakery/Cafe has 19 inspections on record going back to September 25, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 4, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 27, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 11, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 30, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Golden Grain Bakery/Cafe vs Albany Park
Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.
Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.