La Baguette Bakery

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HAND SOAP NOT PROVIDED AT THE REAR BAKERY AREA HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAND SOAP OR OTHER APPROVED HANDWASHING CLEANSER AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AVAILABLE FOR USE AT ALL TIMES. THE PERSON IN CHARGE PROVIDED HAND SOAP AT THE REAR BAKERY AREA HANDWASHING SINK AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED NO DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED AT THE REAR BAKERY AREA HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS FOR DRYING HANDS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AVAILABLE FOR USE AT ALL TIMES. THE PERSON IN CHARGE PROVIDED DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS AT THE REAR BAKERY AREA HANDWASHING SINK AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-030(C) CITATION COMBINED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION.
  code 10Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 RODENT DROPPINGS ON THE FLOOR BENEATH BAKERY CARTS BEHIND THE WALK-IN COOLER IN THE BAKERY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS, AND CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR IMMEDIATE PEST ABATEMENT SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED INSECT CONTROL DEVICE INSTALLED DIRECTLY OVER 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE INSECT CONTROL DEVICE SUCH THAT IT DOES NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN EQUIPMENT OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED IN WATER WITH NO CHEMICAL SANITIZER SOLUTION. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WET WIPING CLOTHS IN A CHEMICAL SANITIZER SOLUTION OF ADEQUATE CONCENTRATION BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE TALL PLASTIC BIN USED TO STORE DOUGH IN THE WALK-IN COOLER TO BE IN POOR REPAIR, WITH HOLES AND JAGGED EDGES RENDERING THE EQUIPMENT NO LONGER EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE TALL PLASTIC BIN AND MAINTAIN ALL NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT FREE OF SHARP EDGES OR HOLES AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF MICROWAVE AND ICE MACHINE IN THE BAKERY AREA TO BE SOILED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT EQUIPMENT SURFACES AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on February 26, 2024: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.