Joe's Food & Liquor

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CHIPPING FINISH ON HOOD ABOVE COOKING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND SEAL CHIPPING MATERIAL TO AVOID CONTAMINATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. COOKING AREA CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO FIRE, NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 39
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CLOTHS LEFT IN SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE CLOTHS ARE LEFT IN SANITIZER SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 3, 2022: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 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.