Groundswell Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005- NO CITATION ISSUED
  code 5Priority
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO BARRIER AT THE WEST END OF COUNTER AREA PREVENTING THE ENTERING OF NON-FOOD PERSONEL ENTERING AND CONTAMINATING FOOD.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PUT UP A BARRIER SUCH AS A SECURE SWINGING DOOR AT THIS AREA. CORE VIOLATION
  code 39
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO DRAINBOARD AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A DRAINBOARD. CORE VIOLATION
  code 48
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE RESTROOM DOOR.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE FOR THE RESTROOM. CORE VIOLATION
  code 53
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO BECOME ALLERGEN CERTIFIED. CORE VIOLATION
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 3, 2017: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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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