Coffee Lab & Roasters

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN OR POSTER NEAR EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN THE UNISEX WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 10Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 LIVE SMALL FLYING INSECTS ON WALLS IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZED AFFECTED AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE FLYING INSECT PROBLEM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLE INFRONT COFFEE PREP AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 41
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED. OBSERVED OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTER OVERFLOWING PREVENTING LID FROM CLOSING PROPERLY. THIS IS A FOOD SOURCE FOR RODENT AND OTHER PEST. OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA WAS ADEQUATE MAINTAINED ON 10/28/25 PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(B). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 54
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: SEE VIOLATION#60
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM PREVIOUS INSPECTION REPORT# 2453554 ON 10/20/2020. #40. OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS. #55. FRONT STORAGE ROOM FLOOR CLUTTERED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS OFF FLOOR OR REMOVE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLTION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 20, 2020: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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