Explorer Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings2
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST ADEQUATELY INSTALL AN EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK TO THE PREP AND DISH WASHING AREA WITH HOT AND COLD WATER PER CITY CODE. SINKS MUST BE CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, ETC. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 11Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER PER CITY CODE TO THE MOPSINKS ON THE MAIN LEVEL AND GROUND LEVEL KITCHEN.
  code 38

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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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