Hopleaf Bar

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING PREPARATION AND STORAGE.OBSERVED A VACUUM PACKAGING UNIT IN BASEMENT PREP AREA.FOUND IN COOLERS AND HOT HOLDING UNIT FOOD PACKAGED FROM SAID UNIT WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. VACUUM PACKAGED HOT FOOD DISCARDED AND COLD FOOD STORED INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. ALL REPACKED/SEAL FOOD FROM UNIT MENTIONED IS STORED IN COOLER AND TAGGED WITH A "CONDEMNED TAG".INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE PRODUCTS UNTIL APPROVAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED.POUNDS 21,VALUE 168. FOUND REACH-IN COOLER(WITH FOOD IN IT) AND MULTI USE UTENSILS(POTS,CONTAINERS ETC.)STORED AT REAR BASEMENT STORAGE AREA WERE CEILING IS POROUS(FIRE INSULATION)AND CRUMBLE BRICKS ON WALLS. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATED MENTIONED ITEMS,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: : MIDDLE DOOR OF DISPLAY PREP COOLER IS REMOVED FROM HINGES,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, FIRST PREP AREA IN DINING AREA. NO SPLASH GUARD IS PROVIDED BETWEEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND EXPOSED HAND SINK IN BASEMENT PREP AREA.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: NO CEILING TILES PROVIDED ABOVE THE ICE MACHINE IN BASEMENT AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.DUST BUILD-UP ON CEILING TILES AROUND VENT COVER AND VENT COVERS IN KITCHEN INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. BROKEN WALL( BRICKS) AT OLD BAR, ACROSS THE DISH MACHINE,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 26, 2014: 3 findings recurred. 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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