Bai Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings2
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090critical
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT DATED 8-4-17 INSPECTION # 2052276. VIOLATION 18.FOUND FRUIT FLY ACTIVITY AT REAR KITCHEN AREAS. OBSERVED OVER 50 FRUIT FLIES AT PREMISES(KITCHEN, STORAGE, RESTROOMS, AND DISHWASHING AREAS). VIOLATION 31. FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY.(MUST STORE INVERTED). VIOLATION 32. FOUND FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN: OVENS, SINKS, COOLERS, AND TABLES/COUNTERS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL MENTIONED. VIOLATION 33 FOUND INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS. VIOLATION 34. FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT ALL PREPARATION AREAS.(BEHIND AND UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT). MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE. VIOLATION 41 FOUND CLUTTER AT REAR STORAGE.(OLD BOXES, BULBS, ETC.) MUST REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND ORGANIZE REAR STORAGE AREAS. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-42-090. MUST CLEAN ALL MENTIONED ABOVE. MUST ELIMINATE FRUIT FLIES. MUST NOTIFY PEST CONTROL OPERATOR.
  code 14Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVETION DEVICE AT TEA MACHINE WATERLINE. MUST PROVIDE
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 4, 2017: 1 finding 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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