King Cafe Gourmet & Go

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: THE FOLLOWING COLD HOLDING UNITS WERE OBSERVED TO BE AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: THE PREP TOP COOLER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 55 F, THE BEVERAGE COOLER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 56 F, AND THE DISPLAY COOLER AT AMBIENT OF 58 F. THE COOLERS WERE TAGGED DURING INSPECTION AND MAY NOT BE USED UNTIL THE CDPH HAS REMOVED THE TAG. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE OBSERVED TO BE STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE FOLLOWING GROUND FLOOR PREP AREA COOLERS: IN THE DISPLAY COOLER, NOTED APPROX. 20LBS SALAD, 4 LBS CHICKEN, 4 LBS BEANS, 3 LBS RICE ALL AT 47 F, TOTAL VALUE $500. IN THE BEVERAGE REACH IN COOLER , NOTED APPROX. 20LBS MILK AT 48 F, TOTAL VALUE APPROX. $30. IN THE PREP TOP COOLER, NOTED APPROX. 10LBS FRESH MADE SALAD DRESSING, 10LBS EGGS, 1 LB DELI MEAT, 1 LB CHEESE, ALL AT 50 F, TOTAL VALUE APPROX. $200. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS OBSERVED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES WERE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED BY THE OPERATOR. MUST MAINTAIN POTENTIALLY HAZAROUDS FOODS AT 40 F OR BELOW. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF DUST AND DEBRIS IN THE ICE SCOOP BUCKET ON THE BASEMENT LEVEL ICE MACHIEN. DETAIL CLEAN THE ICE SCOOP BUCKET.
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 17, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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