Benihana

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: - OBSERVED SOME COOLERS MISSING THERMOMETERS. MUST PROVIDE CONSPICUOUSLY PLACED AND EASILY READABLE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL COOLERS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. -
  code 36
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: - MUST PROVIDE TEST STRIPS TO TEST THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS 160F ON ALL UTENSILS THAT ARE SANITIZED IN A HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
  code 48

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 11, 2018: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 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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