Billy Goat Tavern & Grill

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

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A KIT AND PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. KIT DOES NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SANITIZER TO KILL NOROVIRUS; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SANITIZER. ADDITIONAL TIME GRANTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYER AND GRILL.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE BACKFLOW DEVICE ABOVE THE UTILITY SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA; REPAIR LEAK FROM BACKFLOW DEVICE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, IN THE STORAGE AREA UNDER THE SHELVES AND IN REAR PREP AREA. SOME DUST OBSERVED ON THE CEILING VENT IN THE COOKING AREA; CLEAN VENT TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. • OBSERVED SOME MISSING WALL TILE AT THE BASE OF THE WALL IN THE MENS WASHROOM BY THE FIRST URINAL AND BY THE UTILITY SINK; REPLACE TILE WHERE NEEDED.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 15, 2019: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 4 previous findings 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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