Casa Cafe

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. THE REACHIN FREEZER LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT IS THICK WITH ICE BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND CLEAN. THE TOP, SIDES, FRONT AND INSIDE THE LARGE OVEN NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAME.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. SOME CEILING TILES ABOVE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK ARE STAINED. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SAME.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. SOME LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE PREP AREA NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAME.
  code 36
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. NO THERMOMETERS IN THE WALKIN COOLER LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT AND NONE IN THE REACHIN COOLER IST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SAME.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 28, 2010: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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