Halsted Street Deli

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITY NOT MAINTAINING PROPER COOLING TEMPERATURE. FOUND PREP COOLER AT FRONT SERVICE LINE AT 51.5F. COOLER IS USED TO STORE PERISHABLES. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL COOLERS AT 40F OR LOWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A). COOLER IS TAGGED NOT ALLOWED TO USE. MUST CONTACT CDPH FOR TAG REMOVAL WHEN REPAIRED.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTAILLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. FOUND 4 LBS OF CHICKEN AAT 50.5F, 2 LBS OF TUNA SALAD AT 52.4F, CHICKEN SALAD AT 51.5, INSTRUCTED MGR TO KEPP SUCH FOODS AT 40F OR LOWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A) FOOD ITEM DISCARDED VALUED AT $30.
  code 3Priority
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: INADEQUATE PEST CONTROL, FOUND 4 LIVE COCKROACHES UNDER PREP TABLE, SEVERAL DEAD ONES BEHIND 3-COMP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE INSECTS ACTIVITY IN ALL AFFECTED AREAS. PEST CONTROL SERVICE RECOMMEDED. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-020.
  code 18
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FAUCET NECK AT 3-COMP SINK IN POOR REPAIR SHOOTING WATER IN ALL DIRECTIONS, INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 4, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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