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Ideal Bakery
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 20, 2015
- address4763 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630
- cuisineBakery
Is Ideal Bakery clean?
Ideal Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 20, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Ideal Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE:3 SLICES OF PIZZA BREAD WITH CHEESE AND MUSHROOM AT TEMP OF 46.5F-47.1F 48.2F; COOKED FISH AT TEMP OF 45.5F; BEEF STEW AT TEMP OF 46F; COOKED WHITE RICE WITH VEGETABLE AT TEMP OF 45.5F;TWO DIFFERENT KIND OF COOKED CHICKEN AT TEMP OF 46.7F AND 47.8F;BROWN RICE AT TEMP OF TEMP 47.8F; 4 KIND OF PIROGI AT TEMP OF 46.7F,45.5F; 48.8F.FOOD WAS COOKED YESTERDAY.DISPLAY COOLER MAINTAINS TEMP OF 41.2F. COLD FOOD MUST BE MAINTAIN TEMP OF 40F AND BELOW.FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED.POUNDS 33,VALUE 131 . CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RE-ORGANIZE THE FRONT COUNTER,REMOVE WHAT NOT NEED.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RE-ORGANIZE THE FRONT COUNTER,REMOVE WHAT NOT NEED.
When was Ideal Bakery last inspected?
Ideal Bakery has 12 inspections on record going back to September 2, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 25, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| November 20, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 6, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 20, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2012 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2010 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2010 | Fail |
Ideal Bakery vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 November 20, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.