Dark Matter/Caravanserai Coffee Bar

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE WITH MINIMAL CALCIUM BUILD-UP.
  code 16
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF BOTTOM OF BASEMENT DOOR LEADING TO ANOTHER BUSINESS.
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE FOOD ITEMS 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING. NO MILK CRATES.
  code 39
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST REACH-IN FREEZER WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION IN PREP AREA.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on December 24, 2019: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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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.