Bistro Cafe (Employee Cafe)

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A CAN OPENER ON PREP LINE COVERED IN RUST AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN CLEAN CAN OPENERS. • OBSERVED A CUTTING BOARD ON PREP LINE WITH DEEP GROOVES AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN A SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACE.
  code 47

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 7, 2018: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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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