Ben's Soft Pretzels-French Market

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• 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 CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON THE PREMISES AND NO CERTIFIED MANAGER PRESENT WHILE FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND HELD HOT IE: PRETZEL WRAPPED HOT DOG AT 153.6F IN HOT HOLDING DISPLAY CASE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012.
  code 21
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: SUMMARY REPORT FROM 6-9-14 NOT POSTED ON THE PREMISES. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-010(B). GIVEN TODAYS SUMMARY AND POSTED.
  code 28
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST NOT USE RAW WOOD TO COVER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. SINK MUST BE AVAILABLE AND RAW WOOD MUST NOT BE USED AS A PREP TABLE OR CUTTING BOARD. OBSERVED DEEP CUT GROOVES IN RAW WOOD.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: THE FOLLOWING FOUND TO BE DIRTY: INTERIOR OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT AND EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS. EXTERIOR ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DIRTY FLOORS THROUGHOUT ENTIRE BOOTH AND ALL STORED ITEMS MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR 6" OR ABOVE.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 9, 2014: 6 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.