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Loba Pastry + Coffee
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 23, 2019
- address3422 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60657
- cuisineBakery
Is Loba Pastry + Coffee clean?
Loba Pastry + Coffee is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 23, 2019. 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 Loba Pastry + Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AT PREMISES. MUST PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF EACH EMPLOYEE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • ESTABLISHMENT HAS SOME OF THE SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEA KIT. MUST PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES AS OUTLINED IN POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED TEMPERATURE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AT 105.3F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MUST BE AT 110.0F OR HIGHER. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED. MANAGER FIXED WATER TEMPERATURE TO 110.0F AT END OF INSPECTION.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED TEMPERATURE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AT 105.3F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MUST BE AT 110.0F OR HIGHER. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED. MANAGER FIXED WATER TEMPERATURE TO 110.0F AT END OF INSPECTION.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON MOP SINK FAUCET. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED LOCK AT EMPLOYEE BATHROOM NOT FULLY CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LOCK THAT WILL ALLOW DOOR TO FULLY CLOSE. • OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN EMPLOYEE BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED LOCK AT EMPLOYEE BATHROOM NOT FULLY CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LOCK THAT WILL ALLOW DOOR TO FULLY CLOSE. • OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN EMPLOYEE BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Loba Pastry + Coffee last inspected?
Loba Pastry + Coffee has 5 inspections on record going back to December 29, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| December 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 8, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 13, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 29, 2015 | Pass |
Loba Pastry + Coffee vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 December 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.