Groundswell Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (COFFEE WITH MILK, SANDWICHES) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE BOTTOM OF THE 1 DOOR PREP COOLER IN THE OFFICE/STORAGE ROOM.
  code 49
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2356517 ON 1/10/20: 51 - BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE AND CAPPUCCINO/ESPRESSO MACHINE. MUST INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES OR AIR GAP BETWEEN THE WATER SUPPLY INLET AND THE UNIT SO IT MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED. 56 - OBSERVED THAT LIGHT BULBS OVER FOOD PREP AREA ARE NOT SHATTERPROOF OR SHIELDED. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 10, 2020: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.