Nhu Lan Bakery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2025
• address2612 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
• cuisineBakery

Is Nhu Lan Bakery clean?

Nhu Lan Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Nhu Lan Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • SOME UPPER AREAS INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  Personal Cleanliness • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP NOTED WITH HANDLE INSIDE THE ICE OF THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER OR WITH THE HANDLE INVERTED.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP NOTED WITH HANDLE INSIDE THE ICE OF THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER OR WITH THE HANDLE INVERTED.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE PLASTIC CRATES OR CARDBOARD BOXES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR ITEMS. RAW WOODEN PALLET USED AS ELEVATION UNDER THE REAR ICE MACHINE MUST BE PAINTED/SEALED TO BE NON-ABSORBENT.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST REMOVE PEELING METAL TAPE FROM THE DOOR OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE REAR BAKERY AREA AND THE PEELING PLASTIC ON THE NEW FAR REAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. • NOT USE CARDBOARD OR PAPER AS LINER FOR SHELVING INSIDE THE COOLERS AND ON PREP AREA SHELVING THROUGHOUT. MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE SURFACE.----NEW UTILITY MOP SINK IN THE FAR REAR PREP NOTED EXTREMELY DIRTY. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • DAMAGED BASEBOARD COVING IN THE BAKERY AREA BEHIND THE MEAT MIXER. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE. • ALL STORED ITEMS IN THE REAR OUTDOOR PATIO MUST BE REMOVED TO PREVENT PEST HARBORING.

When was Nhu Lan Bakery last inspected?

Nhu Lan Bakery has 32 inspections on record going back to March 4, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Nhu Lan Bakery vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 August 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.