Hernandez Bakery Sweet Creations

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 24, 2025
• address4242 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
• cuisineBakery

Is Hernandez Bakery Sweet Creations clean?

Hernandez Bakery Sweet Creations is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hernandez Bakery Sweet Creations?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED KNIVES AND SPATUALS STORED IN BETWEEN WALL AND PIPE IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER STORAGE FOR UTENSILS.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED KNIVES AND SPATUALS STORED IN BETWEEN WALL AND PIPE IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER STORAGE FOR UTENSILS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MILK CRATES USED AS STORAGE FOR CONTAINERS AND LIDS IN REAR PREP AREA NEAR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE PROPER STORAGE FOR ITEMS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF DUST ON WALLS AND WALL BASES IN REAR PREP AREA. OBSERVED FOOD SPLATTER ON WALLS IN REAR PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE CLEANING FREQUENCY IN ALL AREAS. • OBSERVED UNUSED ITEMS IN REAR STORAGE AREA NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

When was Hernandez Bakery Sweet Creations last inspected?

Hernandez Bakery Sweet Creations has 3 inspections on record going back to March 3, 2021.

Hernandez Bakery Sweet Creations vs Brighton Park

Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.

Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 December 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.