Express Grill

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Official wording: Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO PERSON IN CHARGE WITH VALID CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE.
  code 1Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED, HANDLED AND SERVED SUCH AS (CHICKEN, HAMBURGERS,FRENCH FRIES, ETC) MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE ICE BIN INTERIOR IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 16
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP, FOOD DEBRIS, AND DIRT ON FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, DISH WASHING, AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN ALL AREAS. OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON FAN IN WALK-IN COOLER AND CEILING AND WALL VENTS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2587229 ON 12/20/23 WERE NOT CORRECTED: #39-OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED DIRECTLY IN ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE OUTSIDE OF ICE MACHINE IN ORDER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. #52-UNABLE TO LOCATE GREASE TRAP. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL GREASE TRAP CONNECT TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND COMPLIANT WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS. #53-OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE UNISEX EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. #58-OBSERVED MANAGER ON DUTY WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on December 20, 2023: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 8 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.

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