Chant

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

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: FOUND OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED AND EVIDENCE OF RODENTS ON SITE. FOUND OPENING ALONG RIGHT SIDE OF REAR EXIT DOOR FROM REAR PREP AREA. MUST SEAL DOOR AND MAKE COMPLETELY INSECT AND RODENT PROOF. ALSO NOTED APPROXIMATELY 50-75 DROPPINGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ALL WEST BASEMENT STORAGE AREAS,BOILER ROOM AND IN MAIN 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA UNDER TWO COMPARTMENT SINK AND BEHIND PREP TABLE ALONG EAST WALL. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS,SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND HAVE THE PEST CONTROL COMPANY SERVICE AREAS. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020.
  code 18
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD UP ON INTERIOR OF REACH IN FREEZERS. MUST PROVIDE COVERS AT ICE CHEST BEHIND BAR TO PROTECT CONSUMABLE ICE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF FRYERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE SANITARY CONTAINERS TO STORE ICE SCOOPS. (AT BAR ICE BIN AND AT REAR ICE MACHINE)
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 24, 2010: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 6 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.