Le Pain Quotidien

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 7, 2020
• address1000-1002 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Le Pain Quotidien clean?

Le Pain Quotidien is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Le Pain Quotidien?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HANDWASHING SINK INSTALLED AT FRONT PREP AREA WERE RTE FOOD ARE HANDLED(ICE CUBES,BREAD ETC).PRESENT ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IS USED FOR DUMP COFFEE(PER EMPLOYEE STATEMENT,SINK HAS DEEP COFFEE STAINS). INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL HANDWASHING SINK AT SAID AREA. HANDWASHING SINK MUST BE USED ONLY FOR HANDWASHING SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C),NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • MUST PROVIDE DISCLOSURE BY THE FOOD ITEMS THAT ARE COOKED TO ORDER FOR ALL UNDERCOOKED FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • WASTE PIPE ABOVE FRONT PREP AREA/SERVING COUNTER MUST BE ENCASED(NORTH SITE OF FRONT COUNTER) .SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • WASTE PIPE ABOVE FRONT PREP AREA/SERVING COUNTER MUST BE ENCASED(NORTH SITE OF FRONT COUNTER) .SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • FOUND WIPING CLOTH STORED INSIDE BUCKET JUST WITH WATER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SANITIZER SOLUTION AT MENTIONED BUCKET.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FILTERS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND AT FRONT COOLER WITH EXCESS DUST,CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • CEMENT FLOOR OF SURROUNDING WASTE OIL CONTAINER WITH EXCESS DEBRIS AND OIL STAINS ON FLOOR AND BEHIND THE CONTAINER, ALSO INCLUDED SOUTH FENCE.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • WASTE OIL CONTAINER WITH DEBRIS AND OIL SPILLAGE ON TOP THE LID,CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • CEMENT FLOOR OF SURROUNDING WASTE OIL CONTAINER WITH EXCESS DEBRIS AND OIL STAINS ON FLOOR AND BEHIND THE CONTAINER, ALSO INCLUDED SOUTH FENCE.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • WASTE OIL CONTAINER WITH DEBRIS AND OIL SPILLAGE ON TOP THE LID,CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • GRIMES AND DEBRIS UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT,DISH ROOM AND FRONT AREA.MUST CLEAN UNDER SHELVES AT MENTIONED AREA.

When was Le Pain Quotidien last inspected?

Le Pain Quotidien has 18 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Le Pain Quotidien vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

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• ✓ Le Pain Quotidien
  clean · June 3, 2014
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  clean · August 21, 2025
• ✓ Barn & Company
  clean · April 3, 2014
• ✓ Kameya
  clean · April 29, 2014
• ✓ Real Good Juice Co.
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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 7, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.