Ceres Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION AT830AM OBSERVED NO SOAP AND HAND TOWELS AT THE BAR HANDWASHING SINK. MUST HAVE SOAP AND HAND TOWELS AT ALL EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SOAP AND HAND TOWELS AT ALL TIMES. CDI CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED.
  code 12Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WITH A PINK SLIME BUILD UP. ICE NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. ICE MACHINE TAGGED AND MUST NOT BE USED UNTIL IT IS UNTAGGED BY CDPH. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE.SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN ALL FLOORS DRAINS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST REGROUT FLOOR BY DISHMACHINE AREA. MUST MAINTAIN FLOOR DRY AT BAR AREA UNDER BEER COOLER.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN EXHAUST HOOD VENTS.
  code 38
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: MUST PROPERLY STORE ALL ICE SCOOPERS THROUGHOUT PREMISES IN AN ICE RECEPTABLE AT ALL TIMES.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 14, 2012: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings 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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