Buy Low Food & Liquor

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST ELIMINATE CRATES USED FOR STORAGE THROUGHOUT AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING UNITS.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM SOME DISPLAY SHELVES ON SALES FLOOR AND BEHIND SERVICE COUNTER.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DUST & DIRT BUILD UP FROM OVERHEAD CIGARETTE CADDY,DISPLAY SHELVES THROUGHOUT,WALK IN COOLER -FANGUARD COVERS, DRINK SLEEVES & SHELVING UNITS,COMPRESSOR UNITS.
  code 49
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST ELIMINATE CARDBOARD BOXES USED FOR GARBAGE AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE GARBAGE CANS.
  code 54
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT REAR LIQUOR AREAS AND SERVICE COUNTER,HOLES & LOOSE IN LOWER WALL BASES THROUGHOUT REAR STORAGE AREAS.MUST REMOVE CARPETS FROM FLOOR TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AT SERVICE COUNTER. • Inspector Comments: MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE CLUTTER FROM ALONG WALLS IN REAR STORAGE AREAS ,FRONT SERVICE COUNTER AND SALES FLOOR AND ON TOP OF UNUSED ICE COOLER IN REAR STORAGE.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2567846 12/1/2022 NOT CORRECTED- #38- STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF APPX. 100 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS IN VARIOUS AREAS SUCH AS ON WOOD PIECE AT BOX LIQUOR,ON FLOOR UNDER MOPSINK,ON WOOD PIECE NEAR SAFE,ON FLOOR NEXT TO LIQUOR PALLETS NEAR ELECTRICAL BOX,UNDER PLASTIC SHELVING UNITS AND MOST LIQUOR SHELVES IN REAR BOTTLED LIQUOR STORAGE AREA,ON FLOOR IN CORNER ALONG WEST WALL,ON SALES FLOOR ON BOTH SIDES OF GAMBLING MACHINES AND WINDOW SILLS IN SAME AREA,SCATTERED UNDER ALL LIQUOR SHELVES ,CRATES AND WINDOW SILLS BEHIND SERVICE COUNTER.UNDER & ON PALLETS THROUGHOUT MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS.CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS.MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 12/8/2022.(PRIORITY 7-42-090)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on December 1, 2022: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 findings 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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