Crater Food & Liquor

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT #488756 ON 12/27/10: 34-The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST REPLACE ALL BROKEN FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT THE REAR AREAS. 35-The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.MUST REPLACE ALL WATER STAINED CEILING TILES,SEAL ALL NOTICEABLE OPENINGS ON WALLS AROUND REAR EXIT DOOR AREAS. 38-Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.FOUND MECHANICAL VENTILATION INSIDE THE TOILET ROOM IS NOT WORKING-MUST REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT ALL PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-42-090.
  code 29
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE TO BE UNCLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MOLDY DRYWALL IN WASHROOM AND BROKEN DRYWALL AROUND THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK AND MOPSINK. OBSERVED BROKEN BASEBOARD IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE THESE SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BROKEN VACUUM BREAKER ON COLD WATER FAUCET OF MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 27, 2010: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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