Gus's World Famous Fired Chicken

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FACILITY OPEN AND OPERATING WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS (FRIED CHICKEN, COOKED GREENS, COLE SLAW, MACARONI AND CHEESE,HOUSE DIPPING SAUCES, ETC) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE HOLDER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES AS WELL AS WELL AS ORIGINAL VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE.MUST MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURE OR NECCESARY ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE POLICY ON SITE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE PAPER/ TRASH DEBRIS AND A DARK LIQUID SUBSTANCE THROUGHOUT FLOORS IN BETWEEN BEER COOLER ON FLOOR IN BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE POOLING LIQUID ON INTERIOR FLOOR WHERE KEGS ARE STORED, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST AND DIRT BUILD UP ON VENTS ABOVE CHICKEN PREP IN REAR. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • MUST REPLACE BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB IN FRONT PREP NEAR FRYERS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 30, 2018: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 7 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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