Barba Yianni Taverna

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090critical
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #18 STILL NOT CORRECTED: FOUND LIVE ROACHES ON THE HOT HOLDING UNIT, UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, ON THE WALLS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, ON THE OVEN, ON THE WALL BASE ABOVE THE STAIRS GOING TO THE BASEMENT, GASKET OF THE WALK IN COOLER. OVER 40 LIVE ROACHES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090. MUST ELIMINATE ROACH ACTIVITY, WASH AND SANITIZE SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT. HAVE PREMISES SERVICED BY LICENSED PEST SONTROL COMPANY AND COMPLY WITH ALL FOLLOWING ORDERS.
  code 14Priority
• ☠️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: UPGRADED TO CRITICAL #14.
  code 18
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE PROPER COVER. FOOD IN UNCOVERED CONTAINERS ON DRY STORAGE SHELVES AND IN COOLERS. MUST PROVIDE LIDDED OR COVERED CONTAINERS.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ON EQUIPMENT, CONTAINERS AND PIPING/HOSES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN; COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISH WASHING EQUIPMENT AND DETERGENT CONTAINERS, BOTTOM PANELS OF PREP TABLES AND SHELVES, STORAGE TABLES AND STEAM TABLES, COOLERS, AND LEGS AND PIPES OF SAME EQUIPMENT, MICROWAVE OVEN, STORAGE CABINETS, SLICER AND EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON FLOORS; INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS; UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT, AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS AT PREP/KITCHEN AREA, BAR AREA, SERVER STATION AND BASEMENT. ALSO MUST CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS AT PREP/KITCHEN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DRIED FOOD ON WALLS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND PREP TABLES AT PREP AREA; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE WALLS THROUGH-OUT. ALSO MUST DETAIL CLEAN HOODS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST SEAL ALL THE GAPS ON CEILING AND WALLS.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 16, 2013: 6 findings recurred. 3 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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