✓!

Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro

May 10, 2024 · Pass w/ Conditions
😬mid
  • official resultPass w/ Conditions
  • resultPass w/ Conditions
  • inspection typeCanvass
  • failed findings13
  • critical findings2

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

  • no certified food manager on dutycritical
    Official wording: Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
    Inspector note: NO PERSON-IN-CHARGE ON-SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING. PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING ARRIVE ON-SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PERSON-IN-CHARGE ON-SITE WITH CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
    code 1Priority
  • certified manager paperwork missingcritical
    Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
    Inspector note: NO FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE. FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ARRIVED ON-SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO ENSURE AT LEAST ONE FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITH CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING PRESENT AT ALL TIMES IN WHICH FOOD IS PREPARED OR HANDLED AND MAINTAIN ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
    code 2Priority
  • food prep surfaces dirty
    Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
    Inspector note: OBSERVED 2-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AT FRONT PREP AREA IS NOT IN USE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PERSON-IN-CHARGE AWARE THAT COOLER DOES NOT MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT TEMPERATURE TO STORE TCS FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. COOLER TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION AT TIME OF INSPECTILN. CURRENT INTERNAL TEMPERATURE AT 49.0F DEGREES. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE COOLER TO STORE TCS FOOD UNTIL ABLE TO MAINTAIN 41.0F OR BELOW AND COOLER IS RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005.
    code 33
  • thermometers missing
    Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
    Inspector note: OBSERVED LEFT-HAND REACH-IN COOLER AT COFFEE PREP AREA MISSING INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER STORED IN A CONSPICUOUS AND EASILY-VIEWABLE LOCATION IN ALL COOLERS USED TO STORE TCS FOODS AND MAINTAIN.
    code 36
  • food improperly labeled
    Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
    Inspector note: OBSERVED SEVERAL BULK DRY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN THE REAR PREP AREA WITHOUT ADEQUATE IDENTITY LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH THE COMMON NAME OF THE FOOD AND MAINTAIN.
    code 37
  • Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
    Inspector note: OBSERVED SINGLE-USE BOWLS USED AS A SCOOP IN SEVERAL BULK DRY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE SINGLE-USE BOWLS AND REPLACE WITH UTENSILS WITH A HANDLE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND MAINTAIN.
    code 39
  • In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
    Inspector note: OBSERVED IN-USE TONGS AND SPATULAS IN THE FRONT PREP KITCHEN STORED ON THE STOVE IN WATER AT 85.0F. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE IN-USE UTENSILS IN STORE IN WATER OF AT LEAST 135.0F AND MAINTAIN.
    code 43
  • Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
    Inspector note: OBSERVED CLEAN TABLEWARE AND UTENSILS STORED IN FOOD CONTAINER WITHOUT ADEQUATE OVERHEAD PROTECTION AT THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE UTENSILS AND STORE SUCH THAT UTENSILS ARE PROTECTED FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION AND MAINTAIN.
    code 44
  • Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
    Inspector note: OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE CONTAINERS STORED UNINVERTED/UN-COVERED AT THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE SINGLE-SERVICE ITEMS COVERED OR INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND MAINTAIN.
    code 45
  • plumbing acting up
    Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
    Inspector note: OBSERVED NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES ON SIDE OF DEEP FRYERS AND STOVE IN THE FRONT PREP AREA TO BE SOILED WITH GREASE AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND AMINTAIN.
    code 49
  • bathroom / plumbing issues
    Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
    Inspector note: OBSERVED DRAIN PLUGS AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO BE IN POOR REPAIR, BUT FUNCTIONAL. FOUND FAUCET OF HANDWASHING SINK AT REAR WAREWASHING AREA TO BE LEAKING, BUT FUNCTIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK DRAIN PLUGS AND HANDWASHING SINK FAUCET AND MAINTAIN PLUMBING FIXTURES IN GOOD REPAIR.
    code 51
  • Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
    Inspector note: OBSERVED NO WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED AT THE REAR COFFEE PREP/ICE MACHINE AREA HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR EACH LAVATORY OR GROUP OF ADJACENT LAVATORIES WHERE DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS ARE USED FOR HAND DRYING AND MAINTAIN.
    code 54
  • floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
    Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
    Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOOR BENEATH DEEP FRYERS AND OVEN IN THE FRONT PREP AREA TO BE SOILED WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED SEVERAL NON-FUNCTIONAL/NOT IN-USE ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR OUTDOOR WASTE ENCLOSURE AND LOADING DOCK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE NON-FUNCTIONAL/NOT IN-USE ITEMS THAT ARE UNNECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS FROM THE PREMISES TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED BASE COVING AT THE WALKWAY RAMP NEAR THE WAREWASHING AREA TO BE MISSING AND IN POOR REPAIR WITH WALL BEHIND IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE WALL AND BASE COVING AND MAINTAIN PHYSICAL FACILITIES IN GOOD REPAIR.
    code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 18, 2023: 11 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 7 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

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.

official city health-inspection data · no account, no sign-up