Cafe Descartes Company

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings2
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINKS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND MEN AND WOMEN'S HANDWASHING SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO POST CLEARLY VISIBLE SIGNAGE THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO DISINFECTANT EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN DISINFECTANT EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS AND MAINTAIN ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
  code 5Priority

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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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