Chi Cafe, Llc

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: ALL WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION AT ALL TIMES.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN NEED OF STOPPERS TO PROPERLY SET UP SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE. • ALL STORAGE SHELVES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. ALL METAL SHELVES WITH OPENS SHOUD BE REPLACED.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: THE SIDES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REACH IN COOLERS ARE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL ENCRUSTED FOOD AND GREASE.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FLOORS THROUGH OUT PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND BUILD UP UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MANTAIN. • WALLS IN DISH AREA, PREP AREA AND COOKING AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: ALL FILTERS IN HOOD VENTILATION IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 24, 2018: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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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