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Sandy's Bakery & Deli
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 23, 2025
- address5857 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630
- cuisineBakery
Is Sandy's Bakery & Deli clean?
Sandy's Bakery & Deli is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Sandy's Bakery & Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧪toxic chemicals mishandledCompliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • OBSERVED NO RECORDS MAINTAINED FOR APPROVED HACCP PLAN FOR SMOKING AND CURING AND REDUCED OXYGEN PACKAGING OF MEATS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
When was Sandy's Bakery & Deli last inspected?
Sandy's Bakery & Deli has 31 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 23, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 26, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 29, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 17, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 27, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 20, 2020 | Fail |
Sandy's Bakery & Deli vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.