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April 24, 2023 · Fail

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official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings5
critical findings2

Failed findings

handwashing sink blocked or barecritical

Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HAND DRYING PROVISIONS AT ANY OF THE HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE FACILITY. MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HAND DRYING PROVISIONS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), CITATION ISSUED • OBSERVED NO SOAP AT THE HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE DISHWASHING AREA AND IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO EQUIP ALL HANDWASHING SINKS WITH A HANDWASHING CLEANSER AT ALL TIMES AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C), CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE CITATION
code 10Priority
sick-employee policy not followedcritical

Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
Inspector note: OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON-SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010, CITATION ISSUED
code 3Priority
pests in the house

Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
Inspector note: OBSERVED RODENT INFESTATION ON SITE. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 100 RAT DROPPINGS AND 200 MICE DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. THE RAT DROPPINGS WERE OBSERVED IN THE BASEMENT UNDER THE SHELVING UNITS, ON THE WOODEN PALLETS, AND ON THE FLOOR UNDER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE WOODEN PALLETS. OBSERVED THE MICE DROPPINGS INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER ON THE SHELVING UNITS, ON THE FLOORS UNDER THE SHELVING UNITS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, ON THE FLOOR IN THE TOILET ROOM, ON THE SHELVING UNITS AT THE FRONT DISPLAY AISLES AND REAR STORAGE AREA, ON THE FLOORS WHERE THE BEVERAGES WERE STORED NEAR THE WALK-IN COOLER, AND INSDE OF THE COLD HOLDING UNIT AT THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE AFFECTED AREAS. ALSO, INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE ALL RODENT ACTIVITY PRIOR TO BEING RE-INSPECTED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-020(A), CITATION ISSUED.
code 38
surfaces / setup not up to code

Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
Inspector note: OBSERVED THE BEVERAGES NEAR THE WALK-IN COOLER NOT ELEVATED. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE SAID BEVERAGES AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED A FOAM LIKE SUBSTANCE BEING USED TO SEAL OPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE SAID FOAM AND PROPERLY SEAL ALL OPENINGS THROUGHOUT TO MAKE THE SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE DOORKNOB ON THE EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM DOOR WAS DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
code 47
floors, walls, or ceilings grimy

Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER WITH OLD ICE CREAM CARTONS, DEBRIS, AND FROZEN LIQUID SPILLS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID FLOORS. • OBSERVED UNNECESSARY EQUIPMENT IN THE BASEMENT AND THE FRONT AREA. INSTURCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT TO ELIMINATE CLUTTER AND MAINTAIN.
code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 18, 2022: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 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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