Panera Bread

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2025
• address5721 S Maryland Ave, Chicago 60637

Is Panera Bread clean?

Panera Bread is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2025. 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 July 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED RED SUBSTANCE ON INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ICE MACHINE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BAGELS NOT COVERED IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER ALL BAGELS TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BAGELS NOT COVERED IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER ALL BAGELS TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED ON FLOOR IN STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED ON FLOOR IN STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD SPILLS AND DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Panera Bread last inspected?

Panera Bread has 4 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2021.

Panera Bread vs Washington Park

Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.

Other spots in Washington Park

• ✓ Panera Bread
  clean · July 6, 2026
• ✕ New Grand Chinese Kitchen
  cooked · July 23, 2026
• ✓! Noura Food Inc.
  mid · December 22, 2021
• ✓ Seafood Junction
  clean · January 23, 2026
• ✓ Xs Fitness
  clean · May 19, 2022
• ✓ Mobile
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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 July 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.