Shaking Crab

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings7
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Floors under and around ice machine in receiving stairwell with visible soils. 1st floor bar with dust under and around equipment. Clean to remove.
  code 590.004/4-602.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
  Inspector note: Dump sink in basement is leaking from drain pipe. Repair.
  code 590.005/5-205.15-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Cleaning Receptacles (C)
  Inspector note: Outside trash storage receptacles with visible soils. Clean to remove.
  code 590.005/5-501.116-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C)
  Inspector note: Broken ceiling components in stairway. Repair. Walls with worn paint near waitstation and 2nd floor bar. clean and resurface areas of walls where paint is needed to rended non porous also in areas where recent patches were made.
  code 590.006/6-201.16-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C)
  Inspector note: Light broken in kitchen. Repair. Light bulb missing in fixture in rear stairway to basement. Replace.
  code 590.006/6-303.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
  Inspector note: Ice machines at 2nd floor wait station and first floor bar inoperable. Repair or remove if not necessary to the business.
  code 590.006/6-501.114-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
  Inspector note: Hood sticker is expired. Provide current.
  code 590.006/6-501.14-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Closed by the city on September 18, 2025: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 9 previous findings did not recur.

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