Ben's Soft Pretzels-French Market

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO VALID PROOF OF CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER/CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED, PREMISES NOT OPEN/OPERATING AT THIS TIME.
  code 21
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated
  Inspector note: NO STOPPERS AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO PROVIDE FOR PROPER DISH WASHING. MUST PROVIDE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030. NO CITATION ISSUED, PREMISES NOT OPENED/OPERATING.
  code 24
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK IN PREP AREA NEXT TO LARGE MIXER.
  code 32
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: REMOVE CLUTTER IN THE FORM OF CARDBOARD BOXES AT FLOOR IN PREP AREA AND BOX CONTAINING PAINT CAN/ BRUSH AND BOXES OF SCREWS.
  code 41

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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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