Big Apple Finer Foods Inc

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: AS I WAS WAITING FOR THE MANAGER I OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED AT HANDWASHING SINK BY THE TWO COMPARTMENT SINK IN PRODUCE DEPARTMENT. AT LATER TIME EMPLOYEE PROVIDE SAID PAPER. PAPER TOWEL MUST BE MUST BE KEPT AT SAID SINK AT ALL TIMES FOR PROPER HANDWASHING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C)
  code 10Priority
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: NO LID PROVIDED AT RECEPTACLES IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. • NO TOILET TISSUE PROVIDED AT MEN'S WASHROOM. UPON MY REQUEST EMPLOYEE PROVIDED SAID TOILET TISSUE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C)
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: BROKEN WALLS, WALL TILES ARE MISSING INSIDE THE MEN'S WASHROOM BY THE RECEPTACLE. MUST REPAIR CAUSE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on November 18, 2019: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 8 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.

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