Baba's Coffee

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES OR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS-CICEKN AT 42.0 F IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED THAT CITY OF CHICAGO CURRENT CERITIFCATE MUST BE POSTED, PROVIDED AND/ MANAGER ON PREMISES.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOIL COVERING SHELF UNDER PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOIL, MAINTAIN SHELF AND KEEP CLEAN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: VENTILATION COVERS AND EXHUAST HOOD NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR IN CORNER AND UNDER EQUIPENT NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY AND REMOVE DEBRIS.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: VENTILATION COVERS THROUGHT PREMISES NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND REMOVE DUST DEBRIS.
  code 35
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: THERMOMETER NOT PROVIDED INSIDE CONDIMENT COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER CONSPICUOUSLY INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 4, 2013: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred.

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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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