Galvin's Public House

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: FOUND LOW TEMPERATURE GLASS MACHINE IN USE AND UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY SANITIZE (0PPM-CHLORINE)AT FRONT BAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR SAID GLASS MACHINE AND USE REAR DISHMACHINE TO SANITIZE GLASSES AND OTHER MULTI-USE UTENSILS. GLASS MACHINE MUST SANITIZE AT 100 PPM CHLORINE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: PROVIDE LABELS AND DATES FOR FOODS IN WALK-IN COOLER AND REFRIGERATION UNITS.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE, VEGETABLE PEELER, MEAT SLICER, INTERIOR OF BOTH REACH-IN FREEZERS ABOVE REFRIGERATOR, AND ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN BASEMENT.
  code 33
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO MANAGER TO PROVIDE ACCURATE METAL STEMMED THERMOMETER IN FOOD PREP AREA AT ALL TIMES.
  code 40
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: REMOVE CLUTTER AND REORGANIZE REAR BAR AREA. MANAGER STATES REAR BAR IS NOT CURRENTLY IN USE.
  code 41
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED PROPERLY IN A SEPERATE CONTAINER.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 26, 2013: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 4 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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