Cafe Descartes

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE,2 COOKED CROISSANT FILLED WITH FETA CHEESE AND SPINACH AT TEMP OF 60.9F,AND 2 COOKED CROISSANT FILLED WITH CHEESE AT TEMP OF 64.9F. NO TIME AND TEMPERATURE LOG PROVIDED AT PRESENT TIME. FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED. POUND:4 EACH, VALUE:$12 CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: NO LABEL OF FOOD INGREDIENT PROVIDED AT EACH SLICED SWEETS FOR CUSTOMERS,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LABEL WITH FOOD SOURCE.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: CAULKING AROUND SPLASH GUARD AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IS IN POOR REPAIR/BROKEN,INSTRUCTED TO RESEAL WITH A SMOOTH SURFACE.
  code 32
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: BROKEN STOPPERS AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  code 38
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: NO ICE SCOOP PROVIDED AT ICE BIN AT COFFEE STATION, FRONT PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SAID SCOOP,TO MINIMIZE CONTAMINATION.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 17, 2012: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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