Au Bon Pain

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND SINK NOT ACCESSIBLE AND CONVENIENT FOR USE IN FRONT PREP AREA WHERE FOOD HANDLER PREPARING FOOD ORDERS. OBSERVED FOOD UTENSIL,(ICE CREAM/FOOD SCOOP) INSIDE OF HAND SINK.MANAGER REMOVED SCOOP,CDI.INSTRUCTED THAT EXPOSED HAND SINK MUST BE ACCESSIBLE (NOT BLOCKED,NOTHING IN IT,ON IT OR IN FRONT OF SINK).CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-030.
  code 11Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER COLD TEMPERATURES INSIDE COOLERS.APPROX 9LBS OF COOKED CHICKEN AT 50.1F,48.0F,1LB OF ORZO PASTA AT 48.0F, 6LBS CHOPPED TOMATOES-47.3F,CHICKEN WRAP-47.1F.MUST MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW. FOODS REMOVED AND DISCARDED BY MANAGER AT APPROX 16LBS/COST $45.00. CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 1- DAMAGED/CRACKED LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR PREP.MUST REPLACE.ALSO UNCLEAN,(DUSTY) LIGHT SHIELDS IN REAR PREP.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 26, 2016: 2 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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