Frida Room

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

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE: READY TO EAT HAM SLICES, RAW POOLED EGGS, CUT TOMATO SLICES, ETC... 55-60 DEGREES IN TEMPERATURE. ALL FOOD LOCATED IN REACH IN COOLER TOP THAT WAS OPEN TO THE HEAT OF THE PREP AREA. ALL FOOD WAS DISCARDED AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP REACH IN CLOSED WHEN NOT IN USE. APPROX VALUE $100.00 30LBS PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
  code 22
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROX 200-250 DROPPINGS IN BASEMENT AREA OF ESTABLISHMENT, APPROX 30-40 DROPPINGS AT REAR PREP PANTRY AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AREAS OF ESTABLISHMENT. CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE AND MAINTAIN FREE FROM PEST ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTIN.
  code 39
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: SIDES, TABLE LEGS, BACK OF REACH IN COOLER, BACK OF PREP TABLES ALL IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP AND FOOD SPILLS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: FAUCET HANDLE ON 3 COMPARTMENT SPRAYER IN NEED OF ADJUSTING. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FLOORS THROUGHOUT 1ST AND BASEMENT AREAS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DEBRIS AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 18, 2025: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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