Butcher & The Burger

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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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: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 3LBSOF CARAMELIZED ONIONS VALUED AT $5 AT 101.3 F. ONIONS WERE KEPT WITHIN OVEN TO BE KEPT WARM AND APPLIED TO BURGERS WHEN ORDERED. ALL ONIONS WERE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
  code 3Priority
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOOD. OBSERVED COOK TOUCHING LETTUCE, TOMATO, AND ROLLS WITH BARE HANDS WHILE ASSEMBLING BURGERS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010 (A)
  code 6Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED ON UPSTAIRS EXPOSED HAND SINK IN BETWEEN HAND SINK AND ICE BIN. OBSERVED SPLASH GUARD NEEDED ON DOWNSTAIRS EXPOSED HAND SINK ON EACH SIDE OF SINK IN BETWEEN HANDSINK AND BAGS OF POTATOES AND I COMPARTMENT DISH SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SPLASH GUARDS THAT ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYERS ARE UNCLEAN WITH EXCESS GREASE ACCUMULATION. OBSERVED EXTERIOR OF REACH IN REFRIGERATORS WITH GREASE AND DUST ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED HOODS OF FRYERS AND GRILL UNCLEAN WITH GREASE ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL HOODS OF FRYERS AND GRILL.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HOLE ABOVE 1 COMPARTMENT SINK IN BASEMENT CEILING. SEAL CEILING AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED STORAGE CLOSET AT TOP OF STAIRS WITH EXCESS CLUTTER AND CLEAN WIPING CLOTHS STORED WITHIN. CLEAN AND ORGANIZE INTERIOR OF CLOSET TO DETER INSECT AND RODENT HARBORAGE AND PROVIDE ACCESS FOR PEST CONTROL.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 7, 2014: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 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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