Casa Cafe

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

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GROCERY BAGS BEING USED TO STORE FOOD. INFORMED THAT BAGS MUST BE FOOD GRADE BAGS AND INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN TO USE IN PLACE OF GROCERY BAGS. ALSO OBSERVED FOIL COVERING SHELVES IN FRONT SERVICE AREA BY COFFEE STATION. INSRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED FREEZER DOOR WITH DAMAGED DOOR. (SHARP EDGES) INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE SIDES OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REFRIGERATION UNITS WITH A BUILD UP OF DUST, DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE INSIDE OPENING TO THE THREE DOOR PREP COOLER WITH A BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS AND STAINS AS WELL AS THE INSIDE BOTTOM AREA OF THE COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HAND WASHING SINK NEAR THE DISH WASHING AREA WITH A LEAK AT THE DRAIN PIPE AND COMING LOOSE FROM WALL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAK AND SEAL SINK TO WALL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE WALLS AND FLOORS IN THE FOOD SERVICE AREA, DISH WASHING AREA AND BASEMENT WITH A BUILD UP OF DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING PEST AND INSECT HARBORING. • OBSERVED UNUSED ITEMS (DESK)MILK CRATES BEING USED TO STORE ITEMS ON TOP OF (MUST PROVIDE PROPER SHELVING) AND CLUTTER IN BASEMENT TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DESK AND OTHER CLUTTER..
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on November 27, 2020: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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