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Jessica's Bakery
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 30, 2025
- address4341 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
- cuisineBakery
Is Jessica's Bakery clean?
Jessica's Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 30, 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 Jessica's Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT CERTIFIED MANAGER AS WELL AS VALID ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE WHILE FOOD IS BEING HANDLED AND PREPARED/SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN RESTROOM AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN RESTROOM AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALL BETWEEN FRONT COUNTER AND THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DAMAGE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO DIRECT FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES TO OBTAIN UPDATED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO DIRECT FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES TO OBTAIN UPDATED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES.
When was Jessica's Bakery last inspected?
Jessica's Bakery has 12 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 29, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 14, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 9, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2015 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2014 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 11, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Jessica's Bakery vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, 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 December 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.