Harlem Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 14, 2017
• address7210 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60656
• cuisineBakery

Is Harlem Bakery clean?

Harlem Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 14, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Harlem Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • Found cookies on display at front counter not shield from possible customer contamination. Instructed facility to adequately protect all foods at all times. Facility wrapped said items at time of inspection. Serious violation 7-38-005(a).
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Observed food items transferred out of original containers. Instructed to label and maintain.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Observed food items transferred out of original containers. Instructed to label and maintain.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Found the gasket on the walk in cooler door to be torn. Instructed facility to replace and maintain.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Found the gasket on the walk in cooler door to be torn. Instructed facility to replace and maintain.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Observed items stored on floors throughout. Instructed facility to elevate all items at least 6 inches off floors and maintain.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Observed items stored on floors throughout. Instructed facility to elevate all items at least 6 inches off floors and maintain.

When was Harlem Bakery last inspected?

Harlem Bakery has 7 inspections on record going back to August 13, 2015.

Harlem Bakery vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 April 14, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.