Blue Frog

• 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 Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: NOTED A PINKISH, GRAYISH SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON THE UPPER COMPARTMENT OF ICE MACHINE DRIPPING ON TO THE ICE. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE ICE UNTIL MACHINE IS CLEANED AND SANITIZED. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY HAD EMPLOYEES REMOVE ICE AND STARTED CLEANING THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO MONITOR AND MAINTAIN. CITATION ISSUED FOR VIOLATION #7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER OR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED SOUPS,CHICKEN,HAMBURGER,PASTA ETC). INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS HAVE A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AND A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE. CITATION ISSUED FOR SERIOUS VIOLATION #7-38-012.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST CHEST FREEZERS AT THE REAR STORAGE/ PREP AREA WITH ICE BUILT UP.....ALSO INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE GASKET AND LID OF THE CHEST FREEZER.
  code 32
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: NOTED HEAVY CLUTTER ON SHELVES AND THROUGHOUT THE REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND/OR REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLE AND ALSO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WALL TO FOR BETTER PEST MONITORING.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 29, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 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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