Ideal Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 31, 2024
• address4763-4765 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 July 31, 2024. 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 July 31, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HOT WATER HANDLE ON FAUCET OF WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM WASHBOWL STRIPPED OFF AND UNABLE TO PROVIDE HOT WATER. NO HOT WATER AT HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SINK SO THAT IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER PRESSURE AT ACCEPTABLE TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100-120F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS AND GRIME ON AND AROUND CAN OPENER CONNECTED TO REAR PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY BUILD UP OF BLACK SLIME ON WALL BEHIND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED STANDING WATER IN BASEMENT NEAR HVAC SYSTEM. SEE COMMENTS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN BASEMENT IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ON EXTERIOR OF USED COOKING OIL CONTAINER LOCATED IN REAR ALLEY. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ON EXTERIOR OF USED COOKING OIL CONTAINER LOCATED IN REAR ALLEY. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY BUILD UP OF GREASE, GRIME AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR AND SIDES OF FRYER EQUIPMENT AND PREP TABLE NEXT TO FRYERS AND INRERIOR OF MICROWAVES. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDIITON.

When was Ideal Bakery last inspected?

Ideal Bakery has 21 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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.

Other spots in Portage Park

• ✕ Charlotte's Bar And Grill
  cooked · December 26, 2024
• ✓ Family Dollar
  clean · October 29, 2015
• ✓ Sandy's Bakery & Deli
  clean · November 3, 2015
• ✓ The Bagelers
  clean · October 8, 2015
• ✓! Antojitos Colombianos
  mid · August 3, 2018
• ✓ Al's Pizza Chicago
  clean · April 22, 2016

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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 31, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.