Ben's Soft Pretzels-French Market

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE BARRIER/SEPARATION FROM PUBLIC AND PREP AREA AT FRONT COUNTER. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A). NO CITATION ISSUED, PREMISES NOT OPENED/OPERATING.
  code 16
• 🧻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

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on June 3, 2014: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.