Connie's Pizza

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE LINE PREP COOLER AND WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED MEAT SAUCE AT 44.9F, MARINARA SAUCE AT 48.1F, LASAGNA AT 50.5F, AND SOUP AT 43.8F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 57# OF FOOD WORTH $39. 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 IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREAS. OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON THE WALLS AND CEILING IN THE SERVICE HALLWAY BETWEEN THE BAR AND KITCHEN, DOUGH PREP ROOM AND DISHROOM. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
  code 18
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A LIGHT SHIELD MISSING FROM THE FIXTURE IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE.
  code 36
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: SEVERAL PREP COOLERS ARE MISSING THERMOMETERS. MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE OF ALL PREP COOLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 16, 2013: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 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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