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Panera Bread
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 30, 2024
- address675 N St Clair St, Chicago 60611
Is Panera Bread clean?
Panera Bread is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 30, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Panera Bread?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 30, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED PANEL INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE THAT TOUCHED ICE FILLED WITH A BLACK AND PINK MOLD-LIKE SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO WASH, CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN. MANAGER INSTRUCTED STAFF TO DISPOSE OF ICE AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE DURING INSPECTION. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005.CITATION ISSUED.
When was Panera Bread last inspected?
Panera Bread has 7 inspections on record going back to November 20, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 25, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2020 | Fail |
Panera Bread 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 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 September 30, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.