Blue Bottle Coffee

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LACTIC ACID AT AN IMPROPER SANITIZING CONCENTRATION OF 0PPM AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WHERE EQUIPMENT WAS BEING SANITIZED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO SANITIZE ALL DISHES IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT A CONCENTRATION 0F 704 OR 1875 PPM WHEN LACTIC ACID IS INSTALLED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. CORRECTED ON SITE LACTIC ACID SANTIZING PROPERLY AT A CONCENTRATION OF 1875 PPM AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AFTER REPAIR. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OPENING AT BASE OF REVOLVING ENTRANCE DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BUG LIGHT INSTALLED ABOVE DUMP SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. INTSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE BUG LIGHT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF DUMP SINK AND EQUIPMENT.
  code 39
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST ON CEILING AND CEILING VENT COVER ABOVE PREP TABLE IN REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DUST FROM CEILING AND CEILING VENT COVER ABOVE THE REAR PREP TABLE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 3, 2021: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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