Au Bon Pain

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Official wording: Toxic Items Properly Stored, Labeled And Used
  Inspector note: (7-38-005A) FOUND A BOTTLE OF GLASS CLEANER ON BOTTOM OF COFFEE PREP STATION AT FRONT PREPPING/SERVING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL CHEMICALS AWAY FROM FOOD PREP/STORAGE AREAS, AT ALL TIMES.
  code 25
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: DOOR GASKET OF FRONT UPRIGHT COOLER IS RIPPED,, BY THE DOOR HANDLE AREA, MUST FIX. THE LEDGE FOR BAGEL DISPLAY AT THE SANDWICH STATION MUST BE LINED, AS BARRIER
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF SMALL COOLERR AT BAKING AREA MUST BE KEPT CLEAN & FREE OF FOOD SPILLS/DEBRIS. THE BACK PARTS OF THE OVEN ARE DUSTY, MUST MAINTAIN CLEAN.
  code 33
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ANY MILK CRATES USED FOR DRY OR COLD STORAGE RACKS, THRU-OUT PREMISES, MUST BE REPLACED WITH REGULAR SHELVINGS, FOR EASY ACCESS TO CLEANING/PEST MONITORING.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 3, 2011: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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