Hotchocolate

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED AIR TEMPERATURE INSIDE FRONT 3-DOOR PREP COOLER AT 57.1F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND ADJUST/MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE OF 40.0f OR BELOW. COOLER HAS BEEN REPAIR DURING INSPECTION SECO REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN ADJUSTED THERMOSTAT. COOLER AIR TEMPERATURE 39.9F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOS FOODS BEING STORED INSIDE 3-DOOR FRONT PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. FERRO 58.4F, PASTA NOODLES 57.9F, COLE SLAW 57.8F BUTTER 57.8F, POTATOES 58.1F, MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 18 LBS OF FOOD VALUE OF $12. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 3-DOOR FRONT PREP COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKET RIPPED IN POOR REPAIR. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR RUBBER GASKET. OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE.
  code 32
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A FEW ITEMS NOT ELEVATED 6INCHES OFF THE FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST ELEVATE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 41
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER IN FOOD PREP AREA PREPING FOOD WITHOUT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 12, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.