Joe's Food & Liquor

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

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Failed findings

• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY NOT DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. INSTRUCTED COPY OF THE INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY MUST BE DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION ISSUED, 7-42-010(B).
  code 28
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #521752 DATED 9-19-11; VIOLATIONS #30, PREP FOODS INSIDE WALK IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED. #31, CONTAINERS AND UTENSILS SHALL BE INVERTED, COVERED, PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION. #32, OBSERVED 2 BROKEN DOORS FOR MEAT DISPLAY COOLER, MUST REPLACE DOORS AND MAINTAIN. #33, THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN, MUST CLEAN/SANITIZE; COOLERS, DISPLAY SHELVES, MEAT SLICER AND ALL BURNERS. #34, MUST REPAIR/SEAL FLOORS FOR WALK IN COOLER, WALK IN FREEZER; ALSO REPLACE MISSING AND BROKEN FLOOR TILES THRU-OUT. #38, MUST PROPERLY INSTALL AN EXPOSED HAND WASHING BOWL WITH HOT/COLD WATER, SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT REAR UTENSIL WASHING AREA. #39, SOILED AND CLEAN APRONS SHALL BE PROPERLY STORED. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED, 7-42-090.
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN PREP TABLE AND 3PART SINK AT PREP AREA.
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD-UP ON VENT COVERS, MUST CLEAN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 19, 2011: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 9 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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