Duffy's Tavern & Grille

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: BEGINING OF MINERAL SUBSTANCE AT INTERIOR TOP PANEL OF ICE MACHINE . INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.
  code 16
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: A BUCKET WITH SANITIZE SOLUTION AND LINEN MUST BE PROVIDED AT PREP TABLES
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER WRAP ON PI IS BROKEN.REPAIR ISSUE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: BURNED RESIDUE FROM FOOD INSIDE THE OVEN,CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: HANDWASHING SINKS IN DISHROOM AND FRONT MAIN BAR ARE SLOWLY DRAINING.REPAIR ISSUE. REPLACE CORRODED FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT FRONT MAIN BAR.
  code 51
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE DRAIN HOSES ATTACHED TO POP GUNS DISPENSERS AT ALL BAR AREAS. HOSES MUST DRAIN ON FLOOR DRAINS.
  code 52
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: DEBRIS,GRIMES AND WATER ON FLOOR AT ALL BAR AREAS(BETWEEN FLOOR AND BEER HOSES).ALSO DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN STORAGE AREA,AND DISHROOM. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • BROKEN CEMENT FLOOR AT REAR AREA: BY THE ENTRANCE OF THE KITCHEN AND DISHROOM.REPAIR ISSUE WITH A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 6, 2021: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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