Bistrot Zinc

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION. FOUND 10 GALLONS FRENCH ONION SOUP IN 2 LARGE PLASTIC CONTAINERS AT 55.4F AT THE CORE, CONTAINERS STORED IN WALK-IN COOLER A DAY BEFORE. INSTRUCTED MGR TO COOL DOWN FOOD PROPERLY. SOUP DISCARDED VALUED AT $200.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MISSING LABELS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: ICE SCOOP CONTAINER NOT CLEAN AT BOTTOM, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP SCOOP IN A SANITARY CONDITIONS
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MISSING GROUT AT KITCHEN TILES, INSTRUCTED TO REGROUT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT, INSTRUCTED TO WEAR.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on March 14, 2011: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 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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