Cafecito

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: 4-602.11(B-E) PINK SUBSTANCE AT INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE BIN FRONT WHITE PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.
  code 16
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: UPON FULL INSPECTION WE OBSERVED COOKED CUT UP STEAK FOR TACOS AT TEMP OF 45.5F; COOKED WHOLE ROAST BEEF AT TEMP OF 47.8F TO 48.OF; COOKED SLICED PORK AT TENP OF 44.4F TO 45F.MENTIONED PRODUCTS WERE STORED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER.COLD FOOD MUST MAINTAIN TEMP OF 41F OR BELOW. FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED BY THE EMPLOYEE.POUNDS 120,VALUE 1.000. PRIORITY VIOLATION:7-38-005,CITATION ISSUED
  code 22
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: LEAKING FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.REPAIR ISSUE
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: GRIMES ON FLOOR UNDER BAR AREA,CLEAN ANF MAINTAIN
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 9, 2021: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred.

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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.

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