Declan's

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED VACUUM PACKAGING EQUIPMENT IN USE ON SITE WITH VACUUM PACKAGED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (MOZZARELLA STICKS, PORK, CORN) BEING HELD IN THE REACH IN FREEZER. OPERATOR DOES NOT HAVE PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO USE THIS EQUIPMENT. THE VACUUM PACKAGING EQUIPMENT AND VACUUM PACKAGED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE TAGGED DURING INSPECTION AND MUST NOT BE USED/CONSUMED UNTIL OPERATOR PROVIDES WRITTEN PROOF THAT THE CDPH HAS APPROVED VACUUM PACKAGING OPERATIONS AT THIS LOCATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (CHICKEN SANDWICHES, FRENCH FRIES) PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE, WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE POSTED, AT ALL TIMES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CURRENT (3/24/17) INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY POSTED AND VISIBLE TO ALL CUSTOMERS. ONLY AN INSPECTION REPORT DATED 5/3/16 IS POSTED. INSTRUCTED THAT THE MOST CURRENT INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY MUST BE POSTED AND VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS AT ALL TIMES. OPERATOR POSTED THE INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FROM TODAY'S INSPECTION AT END OF INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-42-010(B)
  code 28
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATING ON THE COVER OF THE WALK IN KEG COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD PRODUCTS STORED IN REAR KITCHEN CLOSET THAT HAS UNFINISHED CEILING. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD MUST BE STORED IN AREAS WHERE THE WALL AND CEILING ARE FINISHED, SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED FOOD SPLATTERS ON THE CEILING NEAR THE COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 24, 2017: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 4 previous findings 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.