Purple Tulip Cakery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 16, 2021 →
• address5243 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60656
• cuisineBakery

Is Purple Tulip Cakery clean?

Purple Tulip Cakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 16, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Purple Tulip Cakery?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 16, 2021. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Purple Tulip Cakery last inspected?

Purple Tulip Cakery has 7 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2017.

Purple Tulip Cakery vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 83% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 16, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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