Great Buffet

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING DISPLAY AND SERVICE. OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF ICE CREAM STORED IN A FREEZER THAT IS FOR CUSTOMER SELF-SERVICE AND AN ICE CREAM SCOOP STORED IN A DIPPER WELL. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT HAND SCOOPED ICE CREAM CANNOT BE DISPLAYED FOR CUSTOMER SELF-SERVICE. MANAGEMENT REMOVED THE ICE CREAM FREEZER FROM THE DESSERT AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE PREP COOLERS, PREP TABLES, STAINLESS STEEL SHELVES ABOVE THE 2 COMPARTMENT AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST MAINTAIN THE PREP AREA FLOOR DRY. REGROUT THE FLOOR TILES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE METAL COVERING THE WALK-IN COOLER CEILING CHIPPING AND FLAKING ABOVE OPEN FOODS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE CEILING IN THE WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 35
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A VISIBLE THERMOMETER INSIDE OF ALL COOLERS.
  code 40
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF THE PREP TABLES. MUST STORE ALL WET WIPING CLOTHS IN A CONTAINER OF SANITIZER WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 12, 2016: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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