Firehouse Steak And Lemonade

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings7
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO ONE WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE PREP AND SERVED. SERIOUS CITATION GIVEN 2-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: LABEL THE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND THE BROKEN ICE MACHINE AND THE BROKEN 3-DOOR COOLER STANDING EMPTY. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, FRYERS AND GRILL. CLEAN THE INSIDES OF THE REACHIN COOLERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, FRYERS AND GRILL THICK WITH GREASE BUILDUP.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE VENTS THROUGHOUT PREMISES HAS DUST BUILDUP. THE FAUCET A THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IS SPRAYING WATER ALL OVER WHEN THE WATER IS ON. MUST REPAIR.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: CLUTTER IN THE BACK ROOM, MUST CLEAN AND ORGNIZE SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 7, 2013: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 6 findings recurred. 2 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.