Checkers Drive In Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OUTSIDE GREASE AREA NOT MAINTAINED.EXCESSIVE GREASE ON EXTERIOR OF CONTAINER,LID OPEN,AND GREASE ON GROUND AROUND CONTAINER.MUST CLEAN/ MAINTAIN.SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED OWNER HAD GREASE CONTAINER AND AREA CLEANED BY EMPLOYEE DURING INSPECTION-CDI
  code 19
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION WHEN POTENTIALL HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED,HAMBURGERS,CHILI,PHILLY STEAK SANDWICHES. OWNER (MR ROWE)STATES NO PAPERS AVAILBLE ON PREMISES FOR ENROLLMENT FOR CLASS.SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED
  code 21
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOORS NOT CLEAN IN BASEMENT STORAGE AND BASEMENT WASHROOM. FOUND WET AREAS ON BASEMENT FLOORS,MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN. MUST KEEP FLOORS DRY IN BASEMENT.
  code 34
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ARTICLES NOT USING,CLUTTER IN BASEMENT.MUST REMOVE AND PROPERLY ORGANIZE ALL STORAGE IN BASEMENT.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 12, 2011: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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