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La Baguette North
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 18, 2025
- address5712 N Clark St, Chicago 60660
- cuisineBakery
Is La Baguette North clean?
La Baguette North is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Baguette North?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVE HANDSINK IN REAR WAREWASHING WITHOUT HANDWASHING SIGAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • NOTED NO LABELS FOR BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS (FLOUR AND SUGAR). INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE ALL BULK AND WORKING FOOD INGREDIENT CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH CONTENTS NAME.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE AND PROTECT FOOD ITEMS FROM CONTAMINATION WHILE STORED BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE AND PROTECT FOOD ITEMS FROM CONTAMINATION WHILE STORED BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING DRAINPIPE COVERED WITH TAPE TO REPAIR AT MEN'S WASHROOM HANDSINK ON FIRST FLOOR ADJACENT TO UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was La Baguette North last inspected?
La Baguette North has 31 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 28, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 18, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2018 | Fail |
La Baguette North 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 36% 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 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.