Express Grill

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered
  Inspector note: OUTSIDE GARBAGE RECEPTACLE NOT RODENT PROOF. NOTED A BENT FRAME AND A MISSING LID AT THE OUTSIDE GARBAGE RECEPTACLE. MUST REPAIR AND MAKE RODENT PROOF. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020
  code 19
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REMOVE RUST FROM SHELVES IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA.
  code 32
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: MUST REMOVE CLUTTER NEAR REAR EXIT DOOR.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 18, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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