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Kolatek's Bakery & Deli
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 10, 2025
- address2445-2447 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60707
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Kolatek's Bakery & Deli clean?
Kolatek's Bakery & Deli is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kolatek's Bakery & Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED NO LABELS FOR BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS (FLOUR AND RICE). INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE ALL BULK AND WORKING FOOD INGREDIENT CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH COMMON NAME.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOP STORED IMPROPERLY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE MOP IN A POSITION TO AIR DRY PROPERLY AND PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • OBSRVED ACCUMULATED DUST, FLOUR, AND GREASE ON FLOORS, WALLS, PIPES, AND IN CORNERS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Kolatek's Bakery & Deli last inspected?
Kolatek's Bakery & Deli has 16 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 17, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| January 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 9, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 13, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 24, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 28, 2017 | Pass |
Kolatek's Bakery & Deli vs Montclare
Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.
Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 January 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.