Specialty's Cafe & Bakery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 7, 2013
• address1237 W Fulton Market, Chicago 60607
• cuisineBakery

Is Specialty's Cafe & Bakery clean?

Specialty's Cafe & Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 7, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Specialty's Cafe & Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL FINER MESH AT REAR WALL VENT.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL FINER MESH AT REAR WALL VENT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MUST SEAL EXPANDTION JOINTS IN KITCHEN FLOOR AND CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS. ALSO MUST PROVIDE IN TOILET ROOM NON POROUS FLOOR SURFACE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MUST SEAL EXPANDTION JOINTS IN KITCHEN FLOOR AND CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS. ALSO MUST PROVIDE IN TOILET ROOM NON POROUS FLOOR SURFACE.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • FOUND INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • NOTED TOILET ROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. MUST PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE.

When was Specialty's Cafe & Bakery last inspected?

Specialty's Cafe & Bakery has 3 inspections on record going back to May 7, 2013.

Specialty's Cafe & Bakery vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 May 7, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.