Roggenart Baker Bistro & Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 22, 2025
• address565 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614

Is Roggenart Baker Bistro & Cafe clean?

Roggenart Baker Bistro & Cafe is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Roggenart Baker Bistro & Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.11(B-E)--OBSERVED MINERAL BUILD UP INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE AT FRONT COFFEE PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.13--OBSERVED FLY STRIPS HANGING FROM CEILING THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS. MUST REMOVE.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 3/28/2025, REPORT #2614708. #51-5-204.12 - OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE INSTALLED ON WATER LINES OF ICE MACHINE AND COFFEE MACHINE AT COFFEE PREP/SERVICE NOOK IN FRONT ON WEST WALL. OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON BOTH COFFEE MACHINES (FETCO) AT PASTRY AREA ON WEST WALL OF FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LOCATE/PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT ALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WITH A WATER LINE. OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT THE EXTENDABLE FAUCET THAT REACHES INTO BASIN OF SINK IN THE HAND SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA NEAR REGISTERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE/LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT THE FRONT PREP AREA HAND SINK OR PROVIDE A FIXED FAUCET ABOVE THE FLOOD RIM OF SINK. #56-6-303.11 - OBSERVED ONE (1) OF TWO (2) LIGHT BULBS NOT FUNCTIONAL IN OVER HEAD EXHAUST SYSTEM IN MAIN PREP AREA AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO SERVICE/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD REPAIR TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE LIGHTING IN PREP AREA. #57-2-102.13 - OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ANY OF THE THREE (3) FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL EMPLOYEES COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, AND ALL NEW EMPLOYEES COMPLETE TRAINING WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE. #58- 2-102.13 - OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 3/28/2025, REPORT #2614708. #51-5-204.12 - OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE INSTALLED ON WATER LINES OF ICE MACHINE AND COFFEE MACHINE AT COFFEE PREP/SERVICE NOOK IN FRONT ON WEST WALL. OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON BOTH COFFEE MACHINES (FETCO) AT PASTRY AREA ON WEST WALL OF FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LOCATE/PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT ALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WITH A WATER LINE. OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT THE EXTENDABLE FAUCET THAT REACHES INTO BASIN OF SINK IN THE HAND SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA NEAR REGISTERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE/LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT THE FRONT PREP AREA HAND SINK OR PROVIDE A FIXED FAUCET ABOVE THE FLOOD RIM OF SINK. #56-6-303.11 - OBSERVED ONE (1) OF TWO (2) LIGHT BULBS NOT FUNCTIONAL IN OVER HEAD EXHAUST SYSTEM IN MAIN PREP AREA AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO SERVICE/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD REPAIR TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE LIGHTING IN PREP AREA. #57-2-102.13 - OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ANY OF THE THREE (3) FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL EMPLOYEES COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, AND ALL NEW EMPLOYEES COMPLETE TRAINING WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE. #58- 2-102.13 - OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Roggenart Baker Bistro & Cafe last inspected?

Roggenart Baker Bistro & Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2024.

Roggenart Baker Bistro & Cafe vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.