Buy Low Liquors

• 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: FOUND BROKEN GASKETS ON THE DOOR OF THE REAR BEER WALK-IN COOLER. FOUND THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR AND GASKETS BROKEN ON THE FRONT BEER WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: FOUND A LEAK AT THE REAR 2-COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET. MUST REPAIR. • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE MOP SINK. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FOUND CARBOARD LINING THE WALL UNDERNEATH THE 2-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE BACK AREA. MUST REMOVE CARBOARD TO PROVIDE A WALL THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • MUST REPLACE MISSING CEILING TILE IN RESTROOM.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: FOUND A BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB IN THE REAR BEER WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
  code 56
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: NOTED PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION CONDUCTED ON 2/10/22 REPORT #2549696: VIOLATION #38 (6-501.111) FOUND OVER 60 MOUSE DROPPINGS ON THE FLOOR IN THE FRONT BEER WALK-IN COOLER, ON THE STORAGE SHELVES IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA, AND IN BETWEEN THE DOOR AND STEP LEADING TO THE FRONT CASHIER COUNTER AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE TO ELIMINATE ALL PEST ACTIVITY FROM THE PREMISES AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. MUST CORRECT PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATIONS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS SAID AREAS.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on February 10, 2022: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 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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