Kabocha

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION:OBSERVED OVERHEAD WASTE WATER PIPES AND CEILING WITH CRACKS IN BETWEEN WOODEN BOARDS IN THE BASEMENT KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SMOOTH CEILING SURFACE AND PROPER ENCLOSURE FOR PIPES. ALSO THE FOOD PREPARATION AREAS IN THE RAW BAR NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED. MUST ELEVATE BARRIER AROUND THE BAR BY AT LEAST A FOOT.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ICE MACHINE ICE BIN OVERFLOWING WITH ICE CAUSING WATER DRIPPAGE FROM EXTERIOR SURFACES INTO THE ICE BIN. MUST SERVICE.
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BASEBOARD MISSING BY MOP SINK WALLS. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 35

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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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