Bin 36

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED VACUUM PACKAGING EQUIPMENT IN USE ON SITE WITH VACUUM PACKAGED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (SHRIMP, DUCK, RABBIT) BEING HELD IN THE WALK IN COOLER. OPERATOR DOES NOT HAVE PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE VACUUM PACKAGING EQUIPMENT AND VACUUM PACKAGED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE TAGGED DURING INSPECTION AND OPERATOR MUST NOT USE THIS EQUIPMENT OR FOOD UNTIL APPROVAL HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE CDPH AND THE TAGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY THIS DEPARTMENT. OBSERVED ICE FOR CONSUMPTION STORED UNCOVERED IN THE ICE BINS AT THE BAR DURING SERVICE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERS FOR THE ICE DURING STORAGE AND PREPARATION. OPERATOR PLACED COVERS OVER THE ICE BINS. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS ON WALK IN COOLER SHELVING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS UNDER THE SHELVING IN DISHWARE STORAGE AREA AND IN THE MOP CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATION ON THE CEILING NEAR THE DISH MACHINE AND NEAR THE COFFEE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXCESS FURNITURE STORED NEAR THE OUTSIDE DUMPSTER. REMOVE UNECESSARY ARTICLES AND PROVIDE ORGANIZED STORAGE SPACE. OBSERVED MOPS AND BROOMS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE MOP CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO STORE MOPS AND BROOMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 27, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings 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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