Harry Caray's Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-202.15: OBSERVED OPENINGS IN MIDDLE OF OUTER FRONT ENTRANCE DOUBLE DOORS. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPEINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.
  code 38
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-101.19: OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL ON ON LOWER SHELF OF PREP TABLE NEAR COFFEE STATION IN FIRST FLOOR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALUMINUM FOIL FROM LOWER SHELF OF PREP TABLE NEAR COFFEE STATION IN FIRST FLOOR PREP. OBSERVED RUST ON SHELVES OF SHELVING UNIT NEXT TO PREP TABLE NEAR COFFEE STATION IN FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST FROM SHELVES OF SHELVING UNIT NEXT TO PREP TABLE NEAR COFFEE STATION IN FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. NONFOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF A CORRISON RESISTANT, NONABSORBENT AND SMOOTH MATERIAL.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-205.15: OBSERVED DRAIN LINES LEADING FROM FOUNTAIN NOZZLE AND BEER DISPENSER DRAINING INTO BOTH HANDWASHING SINKS AT FIRST FLOOR BAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RELOCATE DRAIN LINES FROM FOUNTAIN NOZZLE AND BEER DISPENSER TO FLOOR DRAINS.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.11: OBSERVED DAMAGED WALL NEAR HANDWASHING SINK IN PANTRY STATION INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPAIR WALL FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY NEAR HANDWASHING SINK IN PANTRY STATION.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 15, 2024: 4 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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