Cafe Laguardia

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PINK AND WHITE SLIM ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINES CHUTE ALSO DRIPPING ON TO THE ICE, WHICH ICE IS USED FOR DRINKS. ONE ICE MACHINE IS LOCATED AT THE BAR AND THE OTHER IS IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-005(A). INSTRUCTED MANAGER NOT TO USE THE ICE MACHINE UNTIL IT'S CLEAN AND SANITIZE. ICE MACHINES TAGGED UNTIL ISSUES ARE RESOLVED.
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CITY CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY/SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS BEEF, CHICKEN SOUP,BEANS AND RICE. A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS. ALSO CLEAN AND DEFROST ALL REACH IN FREEZERS TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND ICE BUILD UP. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF THE GREASE TRAP AT THE 3 COMPARMENT SINK TO REMOVE GREASE BUILD UP.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING THROUGHOUT UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND BAR. ALSO AT GREASE RECEPTOR UNDER THREE COMP SINK IN KITCHEN AND THE REAR STORAGE AREA ALONG THE WALL BASE AND IN CORNERS.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 18, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 previous findings 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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