Empirical Brewery

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: MISSING BASEBOARD IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM AND THE NORTH WALL OF THE GENERAL SEATING AREA. MUST PROVIDE A BASEBOARD TO SEAL THE GAP BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE FLOOR.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 27, 2015: 1 finding recurred. 2 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.