Big Shoulders Coffee

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED UNFINISHED CEILING (MULTIPLE EXPOSED PIPES, HVAC DUCTWORK, WIRING, CONDUIT LINES ETC.) ABOVE PREP AREA WHERE ESPRESSO MACHINES, COFFEE GRINDERS, DISH MACHINE AND COOLERS ARE LOCATED. MUST INSTALL FINISHED CEILING ABOVE PREP AREA THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GLASS SPHERICAL LIGHTS ABOVE PREP COUNTER. OPERATOR UNABLE TO PROVE THEY ARE SHATTER-PROOF AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS, OR PROOF FROM MANUFACTURER THAT LIGHTS ARE SHATTER-PROOF. A DROP-IN DUMP SINK WAS OBSERVED WITHOUT A FAUCET. MANAGER INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A FAUCET WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER.
  code 38

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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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