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Salazar Bakery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 8, 2024
- address4434 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639
- cuisineBakery
Is Salazar Bakery clean?
Salazar Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Salazar Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN UTILITY AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Salazar Bakery last inspected?
Salazar Bakery has 13 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| April 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 9, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 23, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 2, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 10, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 24, 2018 | — |
Salazar Bakery vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.
Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 April 8, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.