1000 Liquors / Big City Tap

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE. INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE NOTED BLACK AND BROWN SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. ICE IS BEING USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMTION. MUST TURN OFF ICE MACHINE REMOVE ICE AND HAVE INTERIOR SURFACES CLEANED AND SANITIZE. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION. 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST LABEL AND DATE COOKED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND PREP COOLERS.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF COOLERS AT FRONT BARS AND KITCHEN AREA. DETAIL CLEAN TOP OF PREP TABLES, SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, INTERIOR OF ICE BINS, HANDWASH SINKS AND SHELVING AT FRONT BARS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLERS UNDERNEATH PALLETS, IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA UNDER AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND BASEMENT LIQUOR STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST ELEVATE LIQUOR 6 INCHES OF FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, REAR STORAGE AREAS, AND BASEMENT.
  code 34
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM REAR STORAGE AREAS TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE.
  code 41
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF 3COMPARTMENT SINK AT FRONT BAR. MUST PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 22, 2013: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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