La Boulangerie

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings7
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: 3-304.14 MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREAS IN SANITIZER BUCKET BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS-CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 41
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: 3-304.12 OBSERVED KNIVES BEING STORED BETWEEN TOWELS AT THE FRONT PREP COUNTER. MUST PROVIDE A PROPER KNIFE HOLDER TO MINIMIZE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION
  code 43
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-101.19 MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.
  code 47
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: 4-302.13 NOTED NO IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATORS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR, SUCH AS STRIPS/STICKERS OR THERMOMETER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-005. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED.
  code 48
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-602.13 RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER AND REFRIGERATOR WITH DRY DEBRIS,CLEAN SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-205.15 LEAKING FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, ALSO LEAKING BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE, REPAIR ISSUES
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.12 DEBRIS ON FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE HIGH TEMP DISHMACHINE
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on May 11, 2021: 7 findings 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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