Emerald City Coffee

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: FOUND PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT DATED 4-24-17. INSPECTION # 2028773. VIOLATION 38. FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES AT WATERLINES FOR FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT: ICE MACHINE, MOPS SINK FAUCET, AND 2 COFFEE MACHINES. SERIOUS VIOLATION. 7-42-090.MUST PROVIDE.
  code 29
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: FOODHANDLERS AT PREMISES WITH NO FOODHANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 24, 2017: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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.