Au Bon Pain

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. NO SNEEZE GUARDS PROVIDED AT SELF SERVE SOUP STATION. ALSO,SNEEZE GUARDS INSTALLED AT SELF SERVE BREAD STATION AT IMPROPER HEIGHT AND DO NOT PROPERLY PROTECT BREAD DURING STORAGE. MUST ADJUST SNEEZE GUARDS AT THE SELF SERVE BREAD STATION AND PROVIDE SNEEZE GUARDS AT THE SELF SERVE SOUP STATION. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
  code 16
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS ON LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA WALK IN COOLER WHERE MISSING.
  code 36
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: MUST BETTER ORAGNIZE CLUTTER IN BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM AND STORE ALL ITEMS 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 26, 2012: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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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.

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