Cafe 541

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COFFEE FILTERS UNCOVERED ON TOP OF THE COFFEE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO COVER AND MAINTAIN COFFEE FILTERS.
  code 31
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CAN OPENER WITH FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CAN OPENER. • OBSERVED PEPSI SODA NOZZLE WITH ACCUMULATED DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SODA NOZZLES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOORS UNDER AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A BLOWN LIGHT BULB IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
  code 36
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WET MOPS SITTING IN THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO STORE AND MAINTAIN MOPS PROPERLY.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 2, 2013: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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About this record

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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