Loba Pastry + Coffee

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 25, 2025
• address3600 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60613

Is Loba Pastry + Coffee clean?

Loba Pastry + Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Loba Pastry + Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR HAND WASHING SINK IN FRONT COFFEE STATION AREA AND REAR PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES IN FRONT COFFEE STATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTIONN WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE FRONT COFFEE STATION AREA.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE FRONT COFFEE STATION AREA.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED A FEW ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS OF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED A FEW ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS OF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLES PROVIDED IN THE UNISX EMPLYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLES AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLES PROVIDED IN THE UNISX EMPLYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH REFRIGERATION UNITS IN REAR PREP AREA AND REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Loba Pastry + Coffee last inspected?

Loba Pastry + Coffee has 5 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2022.

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 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 February 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.