Toast

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 14, 2019 →
• address2046 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Toast clean?

Toast is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on January 20, 2022, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on May 14, 2019. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Toast?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2019, 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
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled

When was Toast last inspected?

Toast has 14 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Toast vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 77% clean across 733 tracked restaurants — 558 clean, 145 mid, 19 cooked.

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 14, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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