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Golden Apple Cafe & Bakery

March 31, 2017 · Fail

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official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings7
critical findings3

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Failed findings

food from a questionable sourcecritical

Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
Inspector note: EMPLOYEE HANDWASHING FACILITIES NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED.OBSERVED PIPING AT FRONT EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK NOT CONNECTED,MISSING OR BROKEN WITH WATER DRAINING ONTO FLOOR AND PREVENTING PROPER HANDWASHING. MUST REPAIR. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
code 11Priority
No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animalscritical

Inspector note: NOTED EVIDENCE OF RODENT INFESTATION ON SITE. OBSERVED OVER 75 MICE DROPPINGS AT REAR PREP AREA ON FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE BEHIND DISWASHER, MIXER AND PREP TABLE. NOTED OVER 40 MICE DROPPINGS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT ALONG SOUTH WALL OF REAR PREP AREA. ALSO OBSERVED OVER 100 MICE DROPPINGS ON SHELVES ABOVE 3-COMP SINK AND ON SHELVES UNDERNEATH AND ON TOP OF PREP TABLES AND WOK SURFACE. ALSO NOTED OVER 30 DROPPINGS INSIDE OF POTS AND PANS STORED INSIDE OF THE OVEN ALONG THE COOK LINE,ALSO NOTED 30 MICE DROPPINGS ON LOWER SHELVES BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER. OVER 200 MICE DROPPINGS WERE ALSO NOTED WITHIN MOTOR HOUSING OF USED AND UNUSED REFRIGERATION UNITS,AND THROUGHOUT COOKING EQUIPMENT AT REAR PREP AREA MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS. CRITICAL 7-38-020
code 13Priority
water/temperature at the sink offcritical

Official wording: Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure
Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER AT REAR EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK FOR HANDWASHING OR AT 3-COMP SINK OF PREP AREA FOR WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZING. MUST PROVIDE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
code 9Priority
food prep surfaces dirty

Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING USED AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT: BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS, BOTTOM OF FRYERS, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FLOOR MIXERS AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF WOKS, STOVE AND OTHER COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST DETAIL CLEAN TOILET AND SINK IN WASHROOMS.
code 33
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used

Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST REMOVE GREASE BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE THROUGHOUT FOOD PREPARATION AREA REMOVE DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. SEAL OPENINGS AT COVING/ WALLBASE BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AT REAR TO PREVENT ENTRY POINTS FOR RODENTS.
code 34
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE WALL BEHIND COFFEE STATION AT FRONT CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA OF FOOD SPLASHES AND STAINS. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
code 35
grimy wiping cloths

Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
Inspector note: MUST REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES STORED BEHIND FRONT DISPLAY COUNTER AND WITHIN UNUSED DISPLAY COOLERS AND AT REAR STORED ON TOP OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDING UNUSED EQUIPMENT WHICH MUST BE PROPERLY STORED, MAINTAINED OR REMOVED.
code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 3, 2016: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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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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