Great Buffet

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings8
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: 2-102.14(n) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP PROCREDURES FOR CLEANING UP VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: 3-501.17 OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING ON READY TO EAT TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD BEING HELD ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE SOLD,DISCARDED, OR CONSUMED DATE ON ALL PRODUCTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used
  Inspector note: 7-101.11 OBSERVED SMALL BAGS OF RODENT PALLETS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER/NOT LABELED IN CABINETS UNDER THE BUFFET TABLES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED.7-38-015. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
  code 28
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-501.111 OBSERVED 40 MICE DROPPINGS IN CABINETS UNDER HOT/COLD FOOD HOLDING TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE/ SANITIZE AREA, HAVE PEST CONTROL RETURN FOR SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(a). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-101.19 OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE CABINETS UNDER THE BUFFET TABLES NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND RESEAL THE INSIDE OF THE CABINETS. • 4-101.19 OBSERVED THE STORAGE SHELVES IN THE WALK IN COOLER NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. • 4-501.11 OBSERVED THE REAR ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IN POOR REPAIR HANDLES LOOSE AND SPRAYER NOT WORKING, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11 OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER THE FRYERS IN REAR COOKING AREA NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: PA 100-0367 OBSERVED NO ALLERGENT TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 31, 2018: 8 findings appeared for the first time. 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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