J & J Fish & Chicken

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

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR BOTTOMS OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES AND BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES IN PREP AREAS AND NON PREP AREAS. ALSO CLEAN GREASY EQUIPMENT IN REAR STORAGE AREA WHERE DROPPINGS OBSERVED. CLEAN EXTERIOR OF BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE PIPE CONNECTED TO THE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA IS PVC PIPING; INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE TO METAL.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED, DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS IN REAR STORAGE AREA WHERE DROPPINGS OBSERVED TO REMOVE GREASE, CEILING VENTS WITH HEAVY DUST AND WALLS AROUND, BEHIND AND ABOVE PREP TABLES, FREEZERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE UTILITY SINK IN REAR STORAGE AREA. CLEAN WALL AROUND UTILITY SINK. • OBSERVED FIVE UNUSED FREEZER IN REAR STORAGE AREA; INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE TO AVOID CLUTTER. ALSO OBSERVED SOME UNNECESSARY ITEMS IN FAR REAR STORAGE AREA; INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE TO AVOID CLUTTER.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM JANUARY 29, 2024 AS DESCRIBED: OBSERVED RODENT ACTIVITY ON PREMISES. FOUND 300 MOUSE DROPPINGS ON THE FLOOR AND BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES IN THE FAR REAR STORAGE AREA WHERE THE REAR EXIT IS LOCATED, ON THE FLOOR IN THE OFFICE AREA BEHIND THE DESK AND ON TOP OF THE DESK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS. PRIORITY VIOLATION CITATION 7-42-090 ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 29, 2024: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings 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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