Bar Cocina

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

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 51.8 F AND 56.0 F INSIDE 3-DOOR PREP COOLER ALONG COOKLINE- COOKED CAULIFLOWER, COOKED POTATOES AND SPROUTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41.0 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. ALL SAID OUT OF TEMPERATURE FOODS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. FOODS DISCARDED WEIGHT- 17 LBS, VALUED AT $250.00.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: PREP AREA 3-DOOR REACH IN COOLER (ALONG COOKLINE) NOT MAINTAINED, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT 53.8 F. FOUND COOKED CAULIFLOWER, SPROUTS, ETC. INSIDE SAID COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR COOLER, COOLER AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE MUST BE 41.0 F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 33
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON PREP AREA COOLERS CONDENSERS. MUST CLEAN COOLERS CONDENSERS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEES WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SOME WATER DAMANGED/MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE DISHMACHINE AREA. MUST REPLACE DAMAGED/MISSING CEILING TILES.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: SOME CEILING LIGHT BULBS NOT WORKING ABOVE DISHMACHINE AREA. MUST REPLACE WITH WORKING CEILING LIGHT BULBS.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 8, 2023: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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