Big Shoulders Coffee Works

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings9
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: EXPOSED HAND SINK NOT ACCESSIBLE/MAINTAINED. OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND SINK BEING USED AS FOOD PREP SINK. EMPLOYEE OBSERVED RINSING OUT SHAKER CUP USED FOR ICED TEA, RINSING OFF FRESH MINT. INSTRUCTED THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IS FOR HAND WASHING PURPOSES ONLY.NO OTHER PREP SINKS OR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AVAILABLE ON PREMISES.MUST INSTALL A THREE COMPARTMENT SINK ON PREMISES FOR FOOD PREP AND SANITIZING OF LARGE EQUIPMENT. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 11Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: LOW TEMPERATURE CHLORINE CHEMICAL DISH MACHINE NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. FOUND 0 PPM CHLORINE AFTER SIX CYCLE RUNS, DRAINING MACHINE TWICE AND PRIMING MACHINE. NO OTHER MEANS OF PROPER SANITIZING ON PREMISES, NO THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: ALL PRE-PACKAGED FOODS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH FOOD NAME, BUSINESS NAME, ADDRESS AND INGREDIENTS.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: EXTERIOR LARGE ICE MACHINE WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR IN THE GREEN BEAN STORAGE ROOM WITH WITH DIRT AND BEAN SPILLAGE. MUST CLEAN.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: NO VENTILATION IN THE MENS AND WOMANS WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: INTERNAL THERMOMETER NEEDED FOR DAIRY COOLERS INCLUDING THE DAIRY COOLER IN THE GREEN BEAN STORAGE ROOM.
  code 40
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA MUST WEAR HAT/HAIR RESTRAINT.
  code 42
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED INSIDE THE PROVIDED SCOOP CONTAINER. NOT ON TOP OF THE DIRTY ICE MACHINE.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 31, 2012: 8 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 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.

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