Casa Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• 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: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER AND PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE GRILL. OBSERVED COOKED BEANS IN A LARGE POT AT 47.5F INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. ALSO, OBSERVED EGGS AT 51.1F AND CHORIZO AT 44.1F INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 52# OF FOOD WORTH $20. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.
  code 28
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COOKED RICE, FROZEN BEEF AND OTHER FOODS STORED IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS IN THE COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS. REPAIR THE CRACKED PLASTIC LID FOR THE DISPLAY FREEZER AT THE FRONT COUNTER.
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REPAIR THE HOLES IN THE CEILING DRYWALL IN THE BASEMENT.
  code 35
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 9, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 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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