Frances' Rest & Brunchery

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON THE WALLS, CEILING AND EQUIPMENT IN THE DINING AREA, FRONT SERVICE AREA AND PREP AREA. APPROXIMATELY 40 LIVE FRUIT FLIES WERE OBSERVED IN THESE AREAS. MUST ELIMINATE OR MINIMIZE THE PEST ACTIVITY. ALSO, PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK IS NOT BEING MAINTAINED. THE LAST INSPECTION REPORT INSIDE OF THE LOG BOOK WAS FROM 9/24/11. MUST PROVIDE A CURRENT PEST CONTROL REPORT AND KEEP IT IN THE LOG BOOK. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
  code 18
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FROM 8/18/10 WAS NOT VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. MANAGER WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.
  code 28
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: ALL FOODS IN THE COOLERS MUST BE LABELED AND DATED.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT: INTERIOR OF ICE CREAM FREEZER AND WIRE RACKS IN THE PREP COOLERS, WIRE STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, SHELVES BELOW THE REAR SERVICE COUNTER AND SHELVES ABOVE THE STEAM TABLE, EXCESSIVE GREASE ON THE STAINLESS STEEL SURFACES AROUND THE DISHMACHINE, INCLUDING UNDERNEATH THE ATTACHED TABLES, LEGS OF TABLES, EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE, EXTERIOR OF HOT WATER BOOSTER HEATER AND CONNECTING WATER LINES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLER NOT SEALED. MUST MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE CEILING TILES IN THE PREP AREA, WALLS AROUND THE DISHWASH AREA. REPAIR CORNER OF FRP WALL NEAR THE EXPOSED HANDSINK. REPAIR OPENING IN WALL AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE HOT WATER HEATER.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on August 20, 2010: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 4 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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