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Panera Bread
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 5, 2026
- address251 E Huron St, Chicago 60611
Is Panera Bread clean?
Panera Bread is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Panera Bread?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR TILES WITH LOW GROUT BY 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REGROUT DAMAGED FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN.
When was Panera Bread last inspected?
Panera Bread has 11 inspections on record going back to January 16, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 9, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2020 | — | |
| January 16, 2020 | — |
Panera Bread vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 February 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.