Sarah's Pastries & Candies, Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 19, 2011
• address70 E Oak St, Chicago 60611

Is Sarah's Pastries & Candies, Inc. clean?

Sarah's Pastries & Candies, Inc. is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 19, 2011. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Sarah's Pastries & Candies, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FRONT COOLER DOOR GASKET (LEFT SIDE) IS IN POOR REPAIR-MUST FIX/REPLACE. THE SPLASH GUARD AT REAR HANDSINK MUST BE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED. All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FRONT COOLER DOOR GASKET (LEFT SIDE) IS IN POOR REPAIR-MUST FIX/REPLACE. THE SPLASH GUARD AT REAR HANDSINK MUST BE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED. All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • GASKETS OF FRONT COOLER DOORS, INTERIOR FLOORS OF MOST COOLERS & INTERIOR SIDES OF ICE MACHINE NEED CLEANING-DUE TO FOOD DEBRIS. All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS AROUND EQUIPMENT AT FRONT PREP AREA & IN THE WATER TANK ROOM NEED CLEANING. ALL STOCK/SUPPLIES IN BASEMENT & ON STAIRCASE MUST BE ELEVATED OFF THE FLOOR. The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS AROUND EQUIPMENT AT FRONT PREP AREA & IN THE WATER TANK ROOM NEED CLEANING. ALL STOCK/SUPPLIES IN BASEMENT & ON STAIRCASE MUST BE ELEVATED OFF THE FLOOR. The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAK AT THE CONDENSATION PIPE OF WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE FIXED. Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.

When was Sarah's Pastries & Candies, Inc. last inspected?

Sarah's Pastries & Candies, Inc. has 2 inspections on record going back to August 19, 2011.

Sarah's Pastries & Candies, Inc. vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 19, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.