Athena Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. (LAMB,BEEF,ETC) MUST PROVIDE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST PROPERLY LABEL ALL BULK FOOD ITEM CONTAINERS.
  code 30
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: MUST PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE SOILED MULTI USE PLATES NEXT TO THE SOUP HOT HOLDING STATION AND PROPERLY INVERT ITEMS.
  code 31
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REFRIGERATION UNITS. MUST REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST ALSO DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF SINKS AND ALL PREP SURFACES. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN THE THE SODA GUN HOLSTERS BEHIND THE BAR.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT DISH WASHING AREAS, IN PREP AREAS, UNDER SINKS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT,UNDER TABLES AND UNDER SHELVES. MUST REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE REAR DISHWASHING/PREP AREA BETWEEN THE LARGE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND REAR COOK LINE.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER THE SOUP HOT HOLDING STATION, UNDER SINKS, UNDER PREP TABLES, UNDER THE DISH MACHINE AND THROUGHOUT PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS. MUST REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILE IN 2ND FLOOR STORAGE AREA. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN DUSTY CEILING TILES AND DIRTY LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 3, 2015: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 5 findings recurred.

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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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