Au Bon Pain

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FOUND TWO PREP COOLERS AT 57.4F AND 61.7F, COOLERS ARE USED TO HOLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. INSTRUCTED MGR TO KEEP ALL COOLERS AT 40F OR LOWER. COOLERS ARE TAGGED NOT ALLOWED TO USE. MUST CONTACT CDPH FOR TAG REMOVAL REQUEST.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND THE FOLLOWING FOOD ITEMS STORED IN PREP COOLER AT TEMPERATURE RANGING BETWEEN 53.8-64.4F: 8LBS OF COOKED CHICKEN, 4LBS OF TUNA SALAD, 2LBS OF HUMMUS(CHICK PEAS DIP), 5LBS OF COOKED TURKEY, 2LBS OF COOKED BEANS AND 5LBS OF OTHER DELI MEATS. INSTRUCTED MGR TO KEEP SUCH FOOD ITEMS STORED AT 40F OR LOWER. FOOD ITEMS DISCARDED VALUED AT $50.
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MEAT SLICER NOT CLEANED PROPERLY, FOUND ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS ON BACK OF BLADE HOUSING, INSTRUCTED TO PROPER CLEAN AND SANITIZE SLICER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR NOT CLEAN AROUND FLOOR DRAIN BEHIND FRONT DISPLAY COOLER, BUILD-UP OR ORGANIC MATTER AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: EMPLOYEES PERSONAL ITEMS MUST BE STORED AWAY FROM FOOD SHELVES.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 21, 2011: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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