Best Bar

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 6-301.14: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN THE TOILET ROOM CLOSEST TO THE REAR EXIT DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 10Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-202.15: OBSERVED THE FRONT AND REAR DOORS NOT RODENT PROOF AT THE BOTTOM. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF BOTH DOORS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: 3-307.11: OBSERVED THE ICE BIN BEHIND THE BAR FILLED WITH ICE AND NOT COVERED WHILE NOT OPEN AND OPERATING. INSTRUCTED TO COVER MENTIONED ICE BIN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 39

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 23, 2024: 3 findings recurred.

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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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