✕

Cafe Bionda

October 31, 2024 · Fail

🪳cooked

official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeComplaint
failed findings6
critical findings2

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

handwashing sink blocked or barecritical

Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR PREP DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL HAND WASHING SINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. THE HANDWASHING SINK MUST MEET COMPLIANCE BY HAVING WATER FROM AN APPROVED SOURCE BY THE CITY OF CHICAGO, HAVE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER (100-120F), AND FULLY EQUIPPED WITH HANDWASHING CLEANSER AND HAND DRYING PROVISIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030 (C), NO CITATION ISSUED
code 10Priority
Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destructioncritical

Inspector note: OBSERVED NO SHELLSTOCK TAG ATTACHED TO A CONTAINER OF MUSSELS, LOCATED IN WALK-IN COOLER, AT TIME OF INSPECTION. THE TAG WAS ASLO, NOT ON SITE FOR MENTIONED SHELLSTOCK. INFORMED MANAGER THAT TAG MUST REMAIN ATTACHED TO CONTAINER UNTIL CONTAINER IS EMPTY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE APPROVAL SOURCES OF SHELLFISH AND MAINTAIN TAGS FOR 90 DAYS ON PREMISES. APPROXIMATELY 5LBS AT $45 WORTH OF PRODUCT DISCARDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
code 14Priority
surfaces not properly sanitized

Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
Inspector note: OBSERVED LOW-TEMPERATURE DISHWASHING MACHINE (NOT IN USE) NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. SANITIZING STRENGTH OF SANITIZER (CHLORINE) AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION WAS 0 PPM. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE UNTIL EQUIPMENT IS PROPERLY SANITIZING. UNIT WAS TAGGED AND SHALL NOT BE USED UNTIL REPAIRED AND REINSPECTED BY CDPH. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025, NO CITATION ISSUED
code 16
pests in the house

Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
Inspector note: OBSERVED DEAD ROACHES ON THE FLOOR AND WALL NEAR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DEAD ROACHES, CLEAN, AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY ON SITE. APPROXIMATELY 3 LIVE ROACHES WERE OBSERVED IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA IN THE CREVICES OF THE PIPES UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND ON THE FLOOR IN THE MENTIONED AREA. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A), CITATION ISSUED
code 38
Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display

Inspector note: OBSERVED DEEP FRYING UNIT WITH GREASE NOT COVERED, WHILE NOT OPEN AND OPERATING AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO COVER ALL FOOD ITEMS, WHILE NOT IN USE TO PREVENT FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
code 39
floors, walls, or ceilings grimy

Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
Inspector note: OBSERVED THE OUTLET BOX BEHIND THE BAR WITH ROACH FECES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on October 7, 2024: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Near South Side

See every restaurant in Near South Side →

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.