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Panaderia La Central Bakery
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 12, 2025
- address4124 W 47Th St, Chicago 60632
- cuisineBakery
Is Panaderia La Central Bakery clean?
Panaderia La Central Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 12, 2025. 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 Panaderia La Central Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE, AT START TIME OF INSPECTION, WHILE TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY, TCS, FOODS ARE STORED, PREPARED/HANDLED AND SERVED. MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT APPORIMATELY 2:40PM. INSTRUCTED THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITAION MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES DURING OPERATION HOURS WHILE TCS FOODS ARE STORED, PREPARED/HANDLED AND/OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING THE COMMON NAME OF FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN KITCHEN/PREP AREA UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE LIDS AND/OR COVERINGS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN KITCHEN/PREP AREA UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE LIDS AND/OR COVERINGS.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSIL STORED IMPROPERLY STORED DIRECTLY INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSIL STORED IMPROPERLY STORED DIRECTLY INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXPOSED CEILING AT LIGHRT FIXTURE IN THE WOMEN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT/REPAIR.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED A MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN THE WASHROOM CEILING LIGHT IN THE WOMEN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED A MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN THE WASHROOM CEILING LIGHT IN THE WOMEN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Panaderia La Central Bakery last inspected?
Panaderia La Central Bakery has 11 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 24, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 18, 2019 | Fail | |
| November 9, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2014 | Fail | |
| June 18, 2013 | Pass |
Panaderia La Central Bakery vs Archer Heights
Archer Heights runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 199 clean, 56 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Archer Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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 December 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.