Giordano's

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: 2-101.11 NO PERSON ON SITE WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: 3-304.14 WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USE.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-101.11(B, C, D, E) BROKEN DOOR HANDLE ON THE TALL REACH-IN FREEZER. MUST REPLACE.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11 MISSING WALL TILES AND HOLES IN THE TILES ON THE WALL UNDER THE HOT HOLDING UNIT IN THE REAR KITCHEN. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR.----- ALL ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE STORAGE ROOM MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.----- MOLDY WALL CAULKING AT THE DISH MACHINE AREA AND AT THE WASHBOWL AT THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST REPLACE.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: 2-102.13 NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 20, 2021: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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