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La Central Bakery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 25, 2025
- address3306 W 55Th St, Chicago 60632
Is La Central Bakery clean?
La Central Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 25, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Central Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT ENTRY DOOR. MUST PROVIDE A TIGHT-FITTING SEAL AT ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF PESTS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED BOTH OVENS WITH ACCUMULATION OF GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED PROOFER WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS AND FLOUR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was La Central Bakery last inspected?
La Central Bakery has 16 inspections on record going back to July 5, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 25, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 26, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 10, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 2, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 26, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2013 | Pass |
La Central Bakery vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 November 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.