Burger Bar Chicago

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 5-202.12(A) OBSERVED A HAND WASHING SINK IN THE FOOD PREP AREA ONLY MAINTAINING A INADEQUATE HOT WATER TEMPERATURE OF 75F DURING THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, ALL HAND WASHING SINKS MUST MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE HAND WASHING TEMPERATURE OF 100F AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030(C). • 5-202.12(E) OBSERVED THE DRINK STATION HAND WASHING SINK HOT WATER OVER 120F AND THE COLD WATER NOT TURNING ON. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR COLD WATER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030(C).
  code 10Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Hands Clean & Properly Washed
  Inspector note: 2-301.14 OBSERVED A MALE FOOD HANDLER TOUCH RAW BEEF BURGERS, WIPE HIS GLOVES ON A TOWEL AND THEN PROCEEDED TO TOUCH A READY TO EAT BURGER BUN WITH THE SAME GLOVES. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD BURGER BUN, REMOVE SOILED GLOVES, WASH HANDS AND RETRIEVE NEW GLOVES AFTER TOUCHING RAW BEEF AND BEFORE TOUCHING ANY READY TO EAT FOODS. EMPLOYEE DISCARDED BURGER BUN AND SOILED GLOVES, WASHED HANDS AND PUT ON CLEAN FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE GLOVES DURING THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010.
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: 3-305.11 OBSERVED A LID IS NEEDED OVER THE RAW BEEF CONTAINER IN THE COLD HOLDING UNIT IN ORDER TO PREVENT FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. OBSERVED THE LID OPEN ON THE ICE BIN BY THE BAR. INSTRUCTED TO CLOSE ICE BIN LID AT ALL TIMES IN ORDER TO PROTECT FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  code 39
• ⚠️Gloves Used Properly
  Inspector note: 3-304.15(B-D) OBSERVED A MALE FOOD HANDLER IMPROPERLY USING FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE GLOVES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REVIEW PROPER GLOVE USE WITH ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
  code 46

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 8, 2022: 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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