Le Pain Quotidien

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 1, 2014
• address135 N Clinton, Chicago 60661

Is Le Pain Quotidien clean?

Le Pain Quotidien is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 1, 2014. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Le Pain Quotidien?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • MUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BARRIER AROUND SOUP HOT HOLDING UNITS BEHIND FRONT BAR OR REMOVE. MUST ALSO PROVIDE PROPER PROTECTION FOR PASTRY DISPLAY AT BAR. PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION ABOVE,ALONG THE FRONT AND BEHIND THE PASTRY DISPLAY.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN SUBWAY TILE IN DINING AREA. MUST PROVIDE CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES WHERE MISSING.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN SUBWAY TILE IN DINING AREA. MUST PROVIDE CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES WHERE MISSING.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST FINISH INSTALLATION OF VENTILATION ABOVE ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AS REQUIRED. MUST ALSO INSTALL VENTILATION IN EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOM.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS FROM PREMISES.

When was Le Pain Quotidien last inspected?

Le Pain Quotidien has 4 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2014.

Le Pain Quotidien vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 May 1, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.