Sauce And Bread Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π.
What did inspectors find at Sauce And Bread Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
π§½surfaces not properly sanitized
Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized β’ OBSERVED THE ICE BIN INTERIOR IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
β οΈUtensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled β’ OBSERVED PLATES AND BOWLS IN MAIN PREP AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT PLATES AND BOWLS AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.
Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled β’ OBSERVED PLATES AND BOWLS IN MAIN PREP AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT PLATES AND BOWLS AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.
π οΈsurfaces / setup not up to code
Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used β’ OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS IN THE REAR PREP AREA AND IN FRONT SERVICE/PREP AREA WITH OPEN SEAMS AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR REPLACE DAMAGED OR STAINED CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
β οΈToilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned β’ OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF SANITARY NAPKINS IN STAFF ALL-GENDER WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.
Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned β’ OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF SANITARY NAPKINS IN STAFF ALL-GENDER WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.
π§Ήfloors, walls, or ceilings grimy
Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean β’ OBSERVED LOOSE DEBRIS, DIRT AND DUST BUILDUP ON THE FLOORS IN CORNERS IN REAR PREP BELOW DISHWASHER AND IN FRONT SERVICE PREP AREA BEHIND EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Sauce And Bread Kitchen last inspected?
Sauce And Bread Kitchen has 7 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2021.
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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.