Cafe Descartes

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: UPON INSPECTION STAFF MEMBER SHOWED AN EXPIRED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE AND NO OTHER CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS PRESENT AT TIME OF INSPECTION WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AT 8:25 A.M. THERE MUST ALWAYS BE A CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. THE OWNER ARRIVED AT 915AM WITH PROOF OF RECERTIFICATION LETTER.
  code 21
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REPAIR LEAKY HOT WATER FAUCET HANDLE AND LEAKY PIPE UNDER THE MOP SINK.
  code 38
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: FOOD PREP STAFF MUST WEAR PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS AT FOOD PREP AREAS AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED STAFF MAKING COFFEE DRINKS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS DURING INSPECTION.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 3, 2011: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.