Markellos Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 15, 2014
• address3520 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
• cuisineBakery

Is Markellos Bakery clean?

Markellos Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 15, 2014. 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 Markellos Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 15, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • NOT FOLLOWING GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES WITH FOOD HNADLERS IN PREP AREA. OBSERVED MALE EMPLOYEES PREAPRING PASTRIES WITH STRAWBERRY FRUIT AND PROCEEDED AND ONLY RINSE HANDS AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, WITHOUT PROPER HANDWASHING. INSTRUCTED OWNER THAT ALL EMPLOYEES AND FOOD HANDLERS MUST PROPERLY WASH HAND AT EXPOSED HANDSINK WITH SOAP AND RUNNING WATER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-010(A).
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOODS NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY AND SERVICE. OBSERVED 3 STORAGE RACKS WITH VARIOUS PASTRIES AND SEVERAL TRAYS OF PASTRIES SITTING ON TOP OF TABLE ALL IN FRONT CUSTOMERS AREA THAT NOT COVERED OR ENCLOSED TO PREVENT CUSTOMER CONTAMINATION. ALSO OBSERVED SEVERAL CUSTOMERS REACHING INTO STORAGE RACKS FOR SELF SERVICE. INSTRUCTED THATS FOODS MUST BE PROTECTED AND PROPERLY ENCLOSED TO PREVENT CUSTOMER CONTAMINATION. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • PREP TBALES, SINKS, EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, AND STORAGE RACKS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN PREP AREA NOT MAINTAINED OR CLEA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA AND RESEAL SURFACE TO HAVE FLOOR NON-POROUS SURFACE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN PREP AREA NOT MAINTAINED OR CLEA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA AND RESEAL SURFACE TO HAVE FLOOR NON-POROUS SURFACE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • VENTILATION COVERS IN TOILET ROOM NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • VENTILATION COVERS IN TOILET ROOM NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.

When was Markellos Bakery last inspected?

Markellos Bakery has 6 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2011.

Markellos Bakery vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 September 15, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.