Big Bricks

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD BEING STORED INSIDE PREP DISPLAY COOLER IN FIRST FLOOR AT IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURE. COOKED CHIKEN WINGS AT 46.3F, COOKED PORK 46.4F RAW GROUND BEEF BURGERS 45.3F MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED ALL FOOD ITEMS 15.7LBS OF FOOD WORTH $29 MANAGER UNABLE TO PROVIDE TEMPERATURES LOGS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A)
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION. NOTED UPPER INTERIOR WATER RESERVIOR OF ICE MACHINE WITH SLIME BLACKISH AND BROWNISH SUBSTANCE DRIPING ONTO ICE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A). MANAGER CLEANED AND SANITIZED ICE MACHINE DURING INSPECTION.
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN FAN INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE IN HOT WATER TANK ROOM IN BASEMENT.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST REPAIR SLOW LEAKING AT EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK IN BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 24, 2012: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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