Big Bricks

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings2
• 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 AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. FOUND 30 POUNDS OF COOKED BEEF AT 51.2F, 20POUNDS OF PASTA AT 47.8F, AND 20 POUNDS OF CHEESE SAUCE AT 48.9F. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-005. DISPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY 70POUNDS OF FOOD VALUE AT 300 DOLLARS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO COOL FOOD TO 40.0F OR BELOW BEFORE STORING INSIDE COOLERS.
  code 3Priority
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FOUND CLUTTER (RACKS, OLD EQUIPMENT,ETC.)STORED SURROUNDING WALK IN COOLER AT BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on July 18, 2017: 2 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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