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Nakwon Korean Bakery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2025
- address3746 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
- cuisineBakery
Is Nakwon Korean Bakery clean?
Nakwon Korean Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Nakwon Korean Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK RICE CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AS CONTAINERS FOR FOODS INSIDE FREEZERS. MUST USE FOOD GRADE PLASTIC BAGS OR WASHABLE CONTAINERS.----MUST PROVIDE LIDS FOR BULK RICE CONTAINERS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • NOTED PEELING PLASTIC ON METAL SURFACES OF FOOD EQUIPMENT USED AS A PROTECTANT. MUST REMOVE PEELING PLASTIC.
When was Nakwon Korean Bakery last inspected?
Nakwon Korean Bakery has 23 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 28, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 25, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2021 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 8, 2019 | — | |
| September 25, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2017 | Pass |
Nakwon Korean 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 43% 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 October 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.