Awash Ethiopian Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: NOTED VERY HEAVY ICE BUILT UP INSIDE UPRIGHT FREEZER AT THE REAR FOOD STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BURNT OUT LIGHT BULB AT THE LIQUOR STORAGE AT THE BASEMENT DRY STORAGE.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 14, 2012: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.