Al's Beef

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITH POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES, BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOOD (SANDWICHES)DURING PREPARATION. INSTRUCTED ON PROPER HANDWASHING AND BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOOD. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A).
  code 6Priority
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO VALID CITY OF CHCIAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVERED SUCH AS ITALIAN BEEF,CHILI,HAMBURGER. A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
  code 21
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION FROM INSPECTION REPORT# 1537322 DATED 4/25/2015 (45)(29)INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS. NOT CORRECTED, MUST COMPLY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 29
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT PROPER HAIR RESTRAINT.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 24, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Washington Park

• ✓ Au Bon Pain
  cooked · 5721 S Maryland Ave · inspected June 27, 2019
• ✓! Au Bon Pain
  cooked · 5841 S Maryland Ave · inspected October 28, 2019
• ✓ Lucky Corner Foods, Inc
  clean · 723 E 63Rd St · inspected June 17, 2010
• ✓ Mr. Fish Chicken And Grocery Inc.
  clean · 400 E 61St St · inspected May 17, 2010
• ✓ Wabash Market
  cooked · 33 E 59Th St · inspected July 28, 2014
• ✓ Honey's To Go Carryout, Inc.
  cooked · 5401 S Wentworth Ave · inspected November 5, 2014

See every restaurant in Washington Park →

About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.