Burger Bar Chicago

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings2
• 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: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. FOUND 3 LBS OF RAW HAMBURGER PATTIES STORED AT 60.4F AT OPEN TOP PREP COOLER. COOLER TEMPERATURE AT 40.5F HEAT FROM NEAR HOT GRILL CAUSING PATTIES TEMPERATURE TO RISE. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP SUCH FOODS STORED AT 40F OR LOWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A) PATTIES DISCARDED VALUED AT $30.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: STANDING WATER NOTED AT THE BOTTOM OF PREP COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE.
  code 32

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 5, 2016: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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