Panera Bread

5721 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

Passed · Oct 19, 2026 Directions
95
Excellent BiteKarma score 95 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Oct 19, 2026: passed with 2 violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 3 times.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 19

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Personal cleanliness
  3. 2025
  4. Passed Jul 18

    Canvass

    5 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
  5. 2024
  6. Passed May 20

    Canvass

    1 violation
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  7. 2023
  8. Passed Dec 27

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Allergen training as required
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean

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