Damen Food Mart

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: NO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER WHERE ITALIAN BEEF, GROUND BEEF AND NACHOS ARE SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL FOOD FROM THIS AREA UNTIL AN EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IS INSTALLED. ALSO, THE TOILET IN THE WASHROOM IS IN DISREPAIR. THE TOILET FLUSH LEVER WAS BROKEN SO THE TOILET WOULD NOT FLUSH. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN TOILET AND HANDWASHING FACILITIES AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 11Priority
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: MUST PAINT THE DRYWALL CEILING AND SECTION OF WOOD PANELING ON THE CEILING IN THE REAR AREA SO THAT THE CEILING IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 35
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters
  Inspector note: THE WASHROOM DOES IS NOT SELF-CLOSING AND OPENS INTO THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR.
  code 37

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 10, 2014: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 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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