Checkers Drive In Restaurant

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

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE INTERIOR BOTTOM OF THE FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED. LIGHT DUST OBSERVED ON THE FAN COVERS INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER; CLEAN TO REMOVE DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR STAINLESS STEEL SURFACES OF THE WALK-IN COOLER DOORS AND WALK-IN FREEZERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER FRYERS AND OTHER COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER STORAGE SHELVES IN BASEMENT AND IN STORAGE ROOMS OF BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS OUTSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER AND BEHIND FILE CABINET NEXT TO THE ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED RUSTED/WORN COVERS FOR THE SUB PUMP IN BASEMENT; REPLACE COVER TO SUB PUMP. SOME PEELING PAINT OBSERVED ON THE BASEMENT FLOOR BY THE STAIRS AND WALK-IN FREEZERS; REPAINT FLOOR WHERE NEEDED.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST ON THE CEILING TILE, CEILING VENTS AND LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA; CLEAN TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. OBSERVED DUST ON THE VENTILATION FAN ON THE CEILING OF THE WOMENS WASHROOM; CLEAN TO REMOVE DUST. OBSERVED A MISSING COVER THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE MENS WASHROOM; PROVIDE A COVER FOR THE VENT FAN.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FOUND CLUTTER IN THE REAR STORAGE ROOM OF THE BASEMENT AND INSIDE OF THE ROOM WHERE THE HOT WATER TANKS ARE STORED IN THE BASEMENT; CLEAN BOTH ROOMS AND REMOVE CLUTTER.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 1, 2017: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred.

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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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