Kindling

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: High temp conveyor dish washing machine not sanitizing at final rinse, max temp reached is 137f. instructed manager to provide proper final rinse temperature. Machine being used during inspection. Machine tagged not allowed to use. Must contact the office of CDPH for tag removal request. Priority violation 7-38-025.
  code 16
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp
  Inspector note: Refer to violation #32.
  code 29
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods
  Inspector note: No approved variance letter on site for vacuum packaging machine, instructed to obtain, Machine is tagged. No food found that was package during inspection Priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
  code 32
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: Observe a food handler scooping ice from main ice maker with glass cup, instructed manager not to use glass cup as an ice scoop to prevent physical contamination of ice. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005. • Found several bar stools located across from main kitchen prep area exposing food prep counter to customers contamination, instructed manager to install a sneeze guard. priority foundation violation 7-38-005, manager removed bar stools by the end of inspection.
  code 39
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
  Inspector note: Deli cups not air dried after washing, instructed to air dry all multi-use utensils.
  code 44

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 21, 2023: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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.