Banquets - Main Kitchen

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED MEATBALLS AT 122.3F, HAMBURGERS AT 130.8F, SOUR CREAM AT 60.8F, AND CHEDDAR CHEESE AT 58.8F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 20# OF FOOD WORTH $60. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING SERVICE AND DISPLAY. OBSERVED HOT DOGS COOKING ON A ROLLER GRILL WITH NO SNEEZEGUARD OR PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION ON THE HOT FOOD SERVICE LINE IN THE EMPLOYEE (CAST) CAFETERIA. MANAGEMENT REMOVED THE HOT DOGS FROM THE ROLLER AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO STEAM THEM TO COOK THEM AND THEN PLACE THEM IN THE STEAM TABLE TO STAY HOT. ALSO, NO SNEEZEGUARD PROVIDED FOR THE DELI SELF SERVICE LINE IN THE EMPLOYEE (CAST) CAFETERIA. MUST REMOVE FOOD AND INSTALL A SNEEZEGUARD. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON THE WALLS, CEILING AND EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREAS AND DISHROOM, ESPECIALLY IN THE PASTRY PREP AREA. APPROXIMATELY 50 LIVE FRUIT FLIES WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
  code 18
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE HANDSINK NEXT TO THE PASTRY PREP AREA, INTERIOR OF COCA-COLA COOLER AT THE CAST CAFE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR IN THE PASTRY WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REPLACE THE MISSING OR BROKEN WALL TILES ACROSS FROM THE ISSUE COOLER, AND NEXT TO THE BAKERY 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: REPLACE THE BROKEN LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE THE PASTRY PREP TABLE AND WALK-IN COOLER #34.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 17, 2012: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings 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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