Chicago Waffles

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT/SUPPLIES ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. THE PERSON IN CHARGE STATED THAT THEY HAD A KIT BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE IT AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND TCS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN PREP COOLER: EGGS AT 61F, CHORIZO AT 60F, SLICED TOMATOS AT 61F, HAM AT 56.3F, COOKED ONIONS 61F AND COOKED MUSHROOMS 60F. ALL FOOD WAS DISCARDED. 20LBS VALUED AT $40. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL TCS FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: FOUND A TWO DOOR PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER HOLDING TEMPERATURE. UNIT WAS HOLDING AT 61F. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT THE UNIT MUST BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALL TCS FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. UNIT WAS TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY THE CHICAGO DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED.
  code 33
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REFRIGERATION UNITS, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND BOTTOM INTERIOR OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE. ALSO CLEAN PREP TABLE SURFACES WHERE NEEDED.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND WALLS UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 29, 2019: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding 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.