Gene's Bistro/Big Bowl/Tall Boy

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF HOT BOX IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN.
  code 16
• ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCONTINUE PRACTICE OF PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN THE PREP AREA. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 28
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: CUTTING BOARDS IN NEED OF REPLACING OR REPAIRING WHERE WORN. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 17, 2021: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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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.