Top Cake

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 27, 2026
• address206 N Homan Ave, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Top Cake clean?

Top Cake is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 27, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Top Cake?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT HANDWASHING SINK INSIDE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED INOPERABLE THERMOMETER INSIDE COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE OPERABLE THERMOMETERS IN COOLERS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SHELVING UNITS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING FOR FOOD STORAGE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SHELVING UNITS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING FOR FOOD STORAGE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SURFACES ALONG BASE OF FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES TO MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON BASES OF COOLERS AND DEBRIS ON WINDOW LEDGES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS NOT FINISHED BEHIND THE SERVICE COUNTER. OBSERVED EXPOSED BRICK ALONG NORTH WALL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR, WALLS AND CEILINGS MUST SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • OBSERVED SPILLS AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN SALES, STORAGE AND BASEMENT AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL AREAS.

When was Top Cake last inspected?

Top Cake has 4 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2025.

Top Cake vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 January 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.