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 OBSERVED BLACK AND BROWN SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. ICE IS BEING USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. MUST TURN OFF ICE MACHINE REMOVE ICE AND HAVE INTERIOR SURFACES CLEANED AND SANITIZED. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: OBSERVED KNIVES STORED BETWEEN PREP TABLE AND EXPOSED HANDWASING SINK IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE KNIVES IN KNIFE RACK.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING IN REAR STORAGE AREA AND INSIDE LIQUOR 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE.
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CRACKED FLOOR TILE IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA IN FRONT OF COOKING EQUIPMNET. MUSTREPLACE/MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: DDETAIL CLEAN CEILING IN FOOD PREP AREA. REMOVE DIRT/DRBIS.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK AT FRONT BAR AREA IS DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR/MAINATIN.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 30, 2014: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 4 previous findings 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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