Wagner's Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 4, 2013
• address2148 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608
• cuisineBakery

Is Wagner's Bakery clean?

Wagner's Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 4, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Wagner's Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO MANAGER ON DUTY AT THIS TIME, WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZADROUS FOODS BEING STORED, PREPARED AND SERVED AT THIS TIME.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREMISES PRE-PACKAGED CAKES, JELLO AND RICE PUDDING NEED TO PROVIDE PROPER LABLES, INSTRUCTED ON LABLES NAME, ADDRESS ITEM NAME ETC.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREMISES PRE-PACKAGED CAKES, JELLO AND RICE PUDDING NEED TO PROVIDE PROPER LABLES, INSTRUCTED ON LABLES NAME, ADDRESS ITEM NAME ETC.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • NEED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF FRONT 2 DOOR COOLER, WALK-IN COOLER BULK CONTAINERS, FAN GUARD COVER. DEFROST BASEMENT BOX FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REMOVE EXCESSIVE FLOUR FROM FLOOR REAR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REMOVE EXCESSIVE FLOUR FROM FLOOR REAR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NEED TO REPAIR CEILING OVER FRONT MIXER. ALSO CLEAN REAR CEILING VENT OVER WALK-IN COOLER.NEED TO CLEAN WALLS IN REAR WALK-IN COOLER.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NEED TO REPAIR CEILING OVER FRONT MIXER. ALSO CLEAN REAR CEILING VENT OVER WALK-IN COOLER.NEED TO CLEAN WALLS IN REAR WALK-IN COOLER.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED PROPANE TANK IN BASEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.

When was Wagner's Bakery last inspected?

Wagner's Bakery has 6 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2010.

Wagner's Bakery vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, 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 4, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.