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The Twisted Baker
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 18, 2016
- address2475 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614
Is The Twisted Baker clean?
The Twisted Baker is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 18, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at The Twisted Baker?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED FROST BUILD UP IN BASEMENT CHEST FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND MAINTAIN.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED FROST BUILD UP IN BASEMENT CHEST FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED BLACKSIH COLORED STAINS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE DOORS OF THE BASEMENT CHEST FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • NOTED BOXES OF KITCHEN SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, OFFICE SUPPLIES, PASTRY DECORATING MATERIALS AND OTHER SUPPLIES, STORED ON THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • NOTED BOXES OF KITCHEN SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, OFFICE SUPPLIES, PASTRY DECORATING MATERIALS AND OTHER SUPPLIES, STORED ON THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
When was The Twisted Baker last inspected?
The Twisted Baker has 4 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 21, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| August 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 30, 2015 | Pass |
The Twisted Baker vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 18, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.