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Viva Cake Bakery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 28, 2017
- address2835 N Central Ave, Chicago 60634
- cuisineBakery
Is Viva Cake Bakery clean?
Viva Cake Bakery is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 28, 2017. 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 Viva Cake Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 28, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO RE GROUT FLOOR TILES WITH DEEP SEAMS IN PREP AREA (BY 3 COMPARTMENT SINK)Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO RE GROUT FLOOR TILES WITH DEEP SEAMS IN PREP AREA (BY 3 COMPARTMENT SINK)
When was Viva Cake Bakery last inspected?
Viva Cake Bakery has 8 inspections on record going back to September 19, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 5, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| June 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2014 | Pass |
Viva Cake Bakery vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 31% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 244 clean, 76 mid, 462 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, 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 June 28, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.