Costello's Sandwiches

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

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Sewage And Waste Water Disposal, No Back Siphonage, Cross Connection And/Or Back Flow
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WASTE WATER BACKING UP ON THE 3RD COMPARTMENT SINK WHEN I PULLED OUT THE DRAIN STOPPER FROM THE 2ND COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN THE PIPES UNDER THE SINK AND THE GREASE TRAP BOX AND REPAIR THE SINK. CITATION ISSUED CRITICAL 7-38-030. OWNER AND MANAGER CALLED THE PLUMBER WHILE I WAS TYPING THE REPORT. PLUMBER WAS ABLE TO FIX THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND NOW THE SINK IS DRAINING WELL.
  code 10Priority
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. ONE CERTIFICATE OF SANITATION POSTED ON THE WALL BUT THE SAID PERSON IS NOT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE WHILE PREPARING AND SERVING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD SUCH AS CHICKEN SANDWICH, TUNA SALAD, CHILI, LENTIL SOUP ETC. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS 7-38-012. HUMBERTO REYES ARRIVED ON SITE AT 12:15PM WHILE I WAS STARTING TO TYPE THE REPORT.
  code 21
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #521974 DATED 1/23/12 #30- PREP FOODS INSIDE STORAGE COOLERS NOT LABELED. MUST LABEL AND MAINTAIN.#32- MUST PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN PREP COUNTER AND EXPOSED HAND SINK AT FRONT PREP AREA. #36- MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE PREP AREA AT MAIN PREP AREA. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS 7-49-090.
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST DEFROST THE REACH IN FREEZER (WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATED)IN THE MAIN REAR PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MISSING PART OF THE COVING 4" THROUGHOUT FRONT PREP AREA(BEHIND THE COOLER AND PREP TABLE).MUST INSTALL COVING/BASEBOARD.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: NO BACK FLOW PREVENTIVE DEVICE ON THE FAUCET OF THE MOP SINK. MUST INSTALL BACK FLOW PREVENTIVE DEVICE. MUST INCREASE THE HOT WATER PRESSURE OF THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND WASHBOWL SINK IN THE WASHROOM (REAR MAIN PREP AREA).
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 23, 2012: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 6 previous findings 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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