La Central Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 6, 2021
• address2702 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608
• cuisineBakery

Is La Central Bakery clean?

La Central Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at La Central Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 6, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVEDNO PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY ITEMS AND A DISINFECTANT RATED FOR NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BAKERY ITEMS BAGGED/PACKAGED FOR RETAIL SALE WITHOUT LABLES, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE PREP AREAS TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE PREP AREAS TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, ALSO CLEAN INSIDE THE FRYER DOOR.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO UTILITY MOP/SERVICE SINK ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • THE TRASH RECEPTACLE IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM HAS NO LID. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH A LID AND MAINTAIN SAME.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • THE TRASH RECEPTACLE IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM HAS NO LID. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH A LID AND MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR ON THE 1ST FLOOR AND BASEMENT STORAGE AREAS NOT CLEAN, ALSO UNDER EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. THE WALL(WEST) IN THE FRONT SERVICE AREA IN POOR REPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED TWO EMPLOYEES WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED TWO EMPLOYEES WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • FOUND THE PREVIOUS INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT DATED 11/24/2019 NOT POSTED. INSTRUCTED TO POST AND MAINTAIN THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT IN PLAIN VIEWING OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT'S CUSTOMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-010(b) NO CITATION ISSUED
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • FOUND THE PREVIOUS INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT DATED 11/24/2019 NOT POSTED. INSTRUCTED TO POST AND MAINTAIN THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT IN PLAIN VIEWING OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT'S CUSTOMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-010(b) NO CITATION ISSUED

When was La Central Bakery last inspected?

La Central Bakery has 13 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

La Central Bakery vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.

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• ✕ Taqueria El Palmar
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• ✓ Golo
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• ✓ 21 St. Food Market Inc.
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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 6, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.