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Isabella's Bakery
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 27, 2025
- address1659 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60640
Is Isabella's Bakery clean?
Isabella's Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 27, 2025. 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 Isabella's Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (TAMALES, SAUSAGES, CHICKEN) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON THE INSIDE OF TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • UNABLE TO LOCATE AND VERIFY ALL FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES DURING INSPECTION. OBSERVED ONLY ONE VERIFIABLE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE OUT OF THE THREE FOOD EMPLOYEES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • UNABLE TO LOCATE AND VERIFY ALL FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES DURING INSPECTION. OBSERVED ONLY ONE VERIFIABLE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE OUT OF THE THREE FOOD EMPLOYEES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.
When was Isabella's Bakery last inspected?
Isabella's Bakery has 18 inspections on record going back to May 31, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 11, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 18, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 20, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 25, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Isabella's Bakery vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.