Da Lobsta

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NOTED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. (SEA FOODS,SOUPS ETC). INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS HAVE A MANAGER ON SITE. CITATION ISSUED FOR SERIOUS VIOLATION #7-38-012.
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: NOTED A SLIGHT DISCOLORATION INSIDE THE UPPER COMPARTMENT OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: NOTED SERVICE PREP COOLER WITH NO STEM THERMOMETER VISIBLE OR DISPLAYED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A STEM THERMOMETER FOR THE COOLER.
  code 40
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: NOTED EMPLOYEES WITH NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Out of business on December 3, 2014: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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