Wagners Bakery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 28, 2022
• address2148 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608
• cuisineBakery

Is Wagners Bakery clean?

Wagners Bakery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 28, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Wagners Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 28, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.11(B-E) OBSERVED LARGE MIXERS WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-601.11 OBSERVED PREPACKAGED JELLO FOR SALE AT THE FRONT CUSTOMER COUNTER WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING BUSINESS NAME, BUSINESS ADDRESS AND INGREDIENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-603.15 OBSERVED LARGE MIXER BOWLS TOO LARGE TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON WASHING, RINSING AND SANITIZING LARGE EQUIPMENT/CLEAN IN PLACE EQUIPMENT.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-603.15 OBSERVED LARGE MIXER BOWLS TOO LARGE TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON WASHING, RINSING AND SANITIZING LARGE EQUIPMENT/CLEAN IN PLACE EQUIPMENT.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED INTERIOR OF FOOD STORAGE EQUIPMENT WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 OBSERVED ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN VARIOUS AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE EVERY THING AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM THE GROUND AND MAINTAIN.

When was Wagners Bakery last inspected?

Wagners Bakery has 6 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2013.

Wagners 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 34% of them.

Other spots in Lower West Side

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• ✓ La Cocina De Dona Chuy Inc
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• ✓ Central Bakery
  clean · February 4, 2014
• ✓! La Condesa
  mid · June 15, 2015
• ✓ J Smile 51
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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 March 28, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.