Swirlz Cupcakes

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 13, 2017
• address705 W Belden Ave, Chicago 60614
• cuisineBakery

Is Swirlz Cupcakes clean?

Swirlz Cupcakes is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 13, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Swirlz Cupcakes?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN PREP ARA, FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING (SUGAR, FLOUR).
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN PREP ARA, FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING (SUGAR, FLOUR).
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST DISCONTINUE USING MILK CRATES AS STORAGE RACKS AND AS A PREP TABLE IN PREP AREA, NEXT TO MIXER. USE PROPER STORAGE RACKS AND PREP TABLES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST DISCONTINUE USING MILK CRATES AS STORAGE RACKS AND AS A PREP TABLE IN PREP AREA, NEXT TO MIXER. USE PROPER STORAGE RACKS AND PREP TABLES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF REACH IN COOLERS AND FREEZER IN PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOOR THROUGHOUT PREP AREA AND IN TOILET ROOM.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOOR THROUGHOUT PREP AREA AND IN TOILET ROOM.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR PEELING PAINT ON WALL BEHIND MIXER IN PREP AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR PEELING PAINT ON WALL BEHIND MIXER IN PREP AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR LEAKY FAUCET AT 3-COMP SINK.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.

When was Swirlz Cupcakes last inspected?

Swirlz Cupcakes has 7 inspections on record going back to August 26, 2011.

Swirlz Cupcakes vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 November 13, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.