Green Tomato Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT HANDSINK IN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030 (C) • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SOAP/CLEANSER AT THE HAND WASHING SINK LOCATED IN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN HAND WASHING CLEANSER AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-030 (C) CITATION WRITTEN UNDER 6-301.12
  code 10Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO WRITTEN POLICY AND NO ITEMS/ CLEAN UP KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
  code 5Priority
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CERTIFIED MANAGER HANDLE PAPERWORK AND TOUCH MULTIPLE SURFACES THEN TOUCH RAW STEAKS IN REACH COOLER. MANANGER DISCARDED $24 WORTH OF STEAKS VOLUNTARILY.
  code 39
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ICE SCOOP LAYING ON TOP OF ICE BIN UNPROTECTED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ICE SCOOP HANDLE UP TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  code 43
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. (NONFOOD CONTACT SURFACES)
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LEAK AT BOTTOM OF 3 COMPARTMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY PIPE
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND IN WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 16, 2020: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 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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