Oak Tree Restaurant & Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 20, 2019
• address900 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Oak Tree Restaurant & Bakery clean?

Oak Tree Restaurant & Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 20, 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 Oak Tree Restaurant & Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN AND STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE TWO SINKS IN THE FAR RIGHT SIDE FRONT PREP AREA BROKEN AND UNABLE TO OPERATE AT THIS TIME. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP POLICY AND KIT ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING THE PREPERATION AND CONSUME BY/DISCARD DATE OF ALL REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS HELD OVER 24HRS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • MUST PROVIDE CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE, AND REMINDER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE IN THE DINING ROOM,UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE IN THE DINING ROOM,UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE OUTSIDE OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE KITCHEN ENCRUSTED WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS. MUST REMOVE DIRT/DEBRIS, DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED THE FLOOR FAN IN THE KITCHEN ENCRUSTED WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS. MUST REMOVE DIRT/DEBRIS, DETAIL CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE TOILET ROOMS' EXHAUST VENTILATIONS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON FAN COVER OF THE REAR PREP AREA EXHAUST VENTILATION. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE TOILET ROOMS' EXHAUST VENTILATIONS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON FAN COVER OF THE REAR PREP AREA EXHAUST VENTILATION. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.

When was Oak Tree Restaurant & Bakery last inspected?

Oak Tree Restaurant & Bakery has 19 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Oak Tree Restaurant & Bakery vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

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• ✓ Ciao Pizza
  clean · February 8, 2010
• ✓ Chicago Chop House
  clean · September 15, 2017
• ✓ Pockets
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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 20, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.