Sicilia Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 29, 2021
• address5939 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630
• cuisineBakery

Is Sicilia Bakery clean?

Sicilia Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 29, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sicilia Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO VERIFIABLE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. LEFT TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COPIES OF HEALTH POLICY SIGNED BY ALL EMPLOYEES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED SOUP CONTAINERS BEING SOLD TO GO WITH NO LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL WITH ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2366043 DATED 3/19/2020 NOT CORRECTED: 58 " NOTED CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON DUTY WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION." INSTRUCTED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2366043 DATED 3/19/2020 NOT CORRECTED: 58 " NOTED CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON DUTY WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION." INSTRUCTED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was Sicilia Bakery last inspected?

Sicilia Bakery has 26 inspections on record going back to June 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sicilia Bakery 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 22% 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 29, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.