Honey Bear Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINT IS REQUIRED BY EVERYONE ENTERING THE PREP/KITCHEN AREA.
  code 40
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED USED WET WIPING CLOTHS ON TOP THE CUTTING BOARDS,PREP TABLE ETC, ALL PREP CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.ALSO REPLACE BROKEN CABINET(DOOR,PANELS,ETC) UNDER THE HANDWASHING SINK IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM • MISSING HANDLE AT DOOR OF WHITE REACH-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. ALSO SAME UNIT INTERIOR BOTTOM OF SHELF BROKEN WITH EXSPOSED INSULATION.REPLACE
  code 47
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: NO QUATERNARY CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE TO CHECK SANITIZING LEVELS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND BUCKET FOR WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREA.BUCKETS WAS SET UP(OVER 400PPM).SANITARIAN TESTED WITH HER QUATERNARY CHEMICAL TEST STRIP. MUST PROVIDE QUATERNARY TEST STRIPS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 48
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: REPAIR LEAKING DRAIN PIPE AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND HANDWASHING SINK BY THE KITCHEN DOOR
  code 51
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: OUTSIDE WASTE OIL CONTAINER WITH LAYERS OF GREASE ON TOP AND AROUND LID. ALSO GROUND WHICH IS EXTREMELY SATURATED WITH OIL AROUND AND UNDER CONTAINER.INSTRUCTED TO KEEP CONTAINER AND GROUND FREE OF GREASE TO MINIMIZE RODENT AND INSECTS ACTIVITIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-020(B),CITATION ISSUED
  code 54

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on November 17, 2023: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 4 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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