Jewel Food Store #3030

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ICE MACHINE IN "CHEFS KITCHEN" WITH A BUILD-UP OF BLACK SUBSTANCE, DRIPPING ONTO ICE CUBES STORED AT BELOW ICE BIN.ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. PIC REMOVED ICE, CLEANED AND SANITIZED MACHINE DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.CITATION ISSUED
  code 16
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: NOTED 2 SLIDING DOORS OF SEAFOOD DISPLAY CASE WITH BROKEN DOOR HANDLES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR • NOTED BLACK SUBSTANCE ON COOLER SHELVES AND ON WHITE WATER ABSORBING PAD WHERE BUTTER IS STORED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL SHELVING UNITS.
  code 47
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE TEST STRIPS/TESTING DEVICE ON SITE TO ADEQUATELY MEASURE THE UTENSIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE (160F) AFTER THE FINAL RINSE FOR HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
  code 48
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO LIGHTING IN LIQUOR DEPT. WALK IN COOLER. ALSO NOTED BLACK SPOTTED SUBTANCE ON LIGHT SHIELD.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 25, 2025: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 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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