Francesca's On Chestnut

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF GREASE AND DUST ON CEILING AND PIPES ABOVE COOK LINE. MUST REMOVE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED ON ESPRESSO OR COFFEE MACHINES CONNECTED TO CITY WATER SUPPLY. MUST PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON CEILING IN DISH AREA OF THE KITCHEN. MUST REMOVED AND MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED LARGE OPENING IN CEILING IN BASEMENT DINING ROOM. MUST ENCLOSE OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT # 2304983, DATED 8/20/19. MUST CORRECT THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED CORE VIOLATION: #51 - MUST INSTALL A PREP/DUMP SINK IN THE COFFEE SERVICE AREA - PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on February 22, 2021: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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.