Te Cake

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
• address2516 S Halsted St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineBakery

Is Te Cake clean?

Te Cake is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Te Cake?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • THE INTERIOR LOWER SURFACE OF THE OVEN WITH FOOD AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN OVEN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (SANITIZER MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • THE TRASH RECEPTACLE IN THE UNISEX TOILET ROOM HAS NO COVER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH A COVER AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • THE TRASH RECEPTACLE IN THE UNISEX TOILET ROOM HAS NO COVER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH A COVER AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • VENTS AND CEILING TILES IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS WITH DIRT DUST BUILD UP. FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CEILING VENTS/TILES AND THE FLOORS.

When was Te Cake last inspected?

Te Cake has 2 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2021.

Te Cake vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.