Chicago Burger Company

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED PREP COOLER WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 50.1F AND 2 DOOR GLASS REACH-IN COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 47.8F. BOTH UNITS WERE USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN AND CHEESE. MUST MAINTAIN BOTH COOLERS BELOW 40F. BOTH COOLERS WERE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN THE LINE PREP COOLER: CAESAR DRESSING AT 55.7F, CHEESE AT 49.1F, CUT TOMATOES AT 47.3F. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS INSIDE OF THE HOT HOLDING UNIT: COOKED HAMBURGERS AT 123.0F, AND COOKED TURKEY BURGERS AT 123.4F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 20# OF FOOD WORTH $40. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ☠️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: OBSERVED LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON THE CEILING AND WALLS OF THE DINING ROOM, FOOD PREP AREA AND DISHWASHING AREA. OVER 100 LIVE FRUIT FLIES WERE OBSERVED IN THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 18
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE OF ALL COOLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 8, 2012: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.